Project

A bioelectromagnetic software platform for computer-assisted transcranial magentic stimulation and conductivity estimation

Code

178IR0311

Duration

01 October 2010 → 05 January 2016

Funding

Regional and community funding: IWT/VLAIO

Promotor

Luc Dupré

Fellow

Nele De Geeter

Research disciplines

Social sciences
- Biological and physiological psychology
- Cognitive science and intelligent systems
- Developmental psychology and ageing
Medical and health sciences
- Medical imaging and therapy
- Neurosciences
- Medical imaging and therapy
- Neurosciences
- Other paramedical sciences
- Medical imaging and therapy
- Neurosciences
Engineering and technology
- Biological system engineering
- Biomaterials engineering
- Biomechanical engineering
- Medical biotechnology
- Other (bio)medical engineering

Keywords

induced current-magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography (IC-MREIT) conductivity estimation impedance method transcranial magnetic stimulation bioelectromagnetism

Project description

We study accurate methods for solving bioelectromagnetic problems numerically which can be coupled to TMS and MRI. More specific, we develop a software platform (1)to calculate the impact of present TMS stimulators on the neurological system; (2)to design more optimal TMS coil configurations; (3)to estimate patient-specific conductivity values of the different brain tissues using an MR-based technique IC-MREIT.