Method and a system for optimizing the configuration of multisite transcranial current stimulation and a computer-readable medium
US9694178B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 21, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/0456
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and a method for optimizing the configuration of multisite transcranial current stimulation, including providing an electric field characteristic target map on the brain's cortex, the target map including multiple cortical targets, the multiple cortical targets are localized and/or continuously varying and spatially extended, providing a weight map on the cortical surface prioritizing the important of areas in the target map for the purposes of optimization; and calculating, based on the target and weight maps, optimal currents and optimal locations for a plurality of electrodes intended for providing transcranial current stimulation to globally stimulate at once the multiple cortical targets with excitatory, inhibitory or neutral stimulation.
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