Application US20200214569

METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR NAVIGATING TMS STIMULATION
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US20200214569

1. A transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) stimulation navigation method, comprising: (5) (4)

acquiring a stimulation target point to apply electrical stimulation on the brain of an object;

acquiring information about a spatial distribution of a magnetic vector potential of a coil for TMS procedure;

acquiring one or more parameters for acquiring an optimal stimulation condition for the stimulation target point, from the spatial distribution; and

calculating a position and direction of the coil, the position and direction satisfying the optimal stimulation condition for the stimulation target point, using the acquired one or more parameters.

2. The TMS stimulation navigation method of claim 1, wherein the acquiring of the information about the spatial distribution includes: (0) (1)

3. The TMS stimulation navigation method of claim 1, wherein the optimal stimulation condition for the stimulation target point is a condition where an intensity of a magnetic field applied to the stimulation target point by the coil for TMS procedure becomes maximum. (0)

4. The TMS stimulation navigation method of claim 1, wherein the acquiring of the one or more parameters includes: (1) (2)

acquiring an optimal point having the highest magnetic vector potential in the spatial distribution; and

acquiring an optimal vector which is a normal vector where multiplication with a gradient at the optimal point becomes minimum among normal vectors where the optimal point is a start point.

5. The TMS stimulation navigation method of claim 4, wherein the calculating of the position and direction of the coil includes: (0) (1)

6. The TMS stimulation navigation method of claim 1, further comprising: (1) (1)

simulating a state where electrical stimulation induced from a magnetic field of the coil for TMS procedure is propagated in the brain of the object, when the coil for TMS procedure is located at the calculated position in the calculated direction.

7. The TMS stimulation navigation method of claim 6, wherein the simulating includes: (1) (3)

acquiring a brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image of the object;

generating a three-dimensional brain map of the object, the three-dimensional brain map being capable of simulating a process of delivering electrical stimulation to the brain of the object, based on properties of each of a plurality of regions included in the brain MRI image; and

simulating a state where the electrical stimulation is propagated in the brain of the object, using the generated three-dimensional brain map.

8. The TMS stimulation navigation method of claim 7, wherein the generating of the three-dimensional brain map includes: (1) (1)

10. A computer program being combined with a computer which is hardware and being stored in a computer-readable storage medium to perform the method of claim 1. (0)

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Application US20200214569

METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR NAVIGATING TMS STIMULATION

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