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  • Title: Rapid computation of TMS-induced E-fields using a dipole-based magnetic stimulation profile approach.
    Author: Daneshzand M, Makarov SN, de Lara LIN, Guerin B, McNab J, Rosen BR, Hämäläinen MS, Raij T, Nummenmaa A.
    Journal: Neuroimage; 2021 Aug 15; 237():118097. PubMed ID: 33940151.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: TMS neuronavigation with on-line display of the induced electric field (E-field) has the potential to improve quantitative targeting and dosing of stimulation, but present commercially available solutions are limited by simplified approximations. OBJECTIVE: Developing a near real-time method for accurate approximation of TMS induced E-fields with subject-specific high-resolution surface-based head models that can be utilized for TMS navigation. METHODS: Magnetic dipoles are placed on a closed surface enclosing an MRI-based head model of the subject to define a set of basis functions for the incident and total E-fields that define the subject's Magnetic Stimulation Profile (MSP). The near real-time speed is achieved by recognizing that the total E-field of the coil only depends on the incident E-field and the conductivity boundary geometry. The total E-field for any coil position can be obtained by matching the incident field of the stationary dipole basis set with the incident E-field of the moving coil and applying the same basis coefficients to the total E-field basis functions. RESULTS: Comparison of the MSP-based approximation with an established TMS solver shows great agreement in the E-field amplitude (relative maximum error around 5%) and the spatial distribution patterns (correlation >98%). Computation of the E-field took ~100 ms on a cortical surface mesh with 120k facets. CONCLUSION: The numerical accuracy and speed of the MSP approximation method make it well suited for a wide range of computational tasks including interactive planning, targeting, dosing, and visualization of the intracranial E-fields for near real-time guidance of coil positioning.
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