title: An analytical model to predict the electric field and excitation zones due to magnetic stimulation of peripheral nerves.
abstract: The main unknown factor in understanding magnetic stimulation of peripheral nerves is the distribution of the induced electric field. We have applied the so-called reciprocity theorem and developed an analytical model to compute the electric field and its spatial derivatives inside pseudocylindrical structures. The results can be used to predict the site of excitation in magnetic stimulation of peripheral nerves.
authors.affiliation: Systems Theory Centre (CNR), Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruohonen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ravazzani
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grandori
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D008959:Models, Neurological; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000502:physiology*; D010812:Physical Stimulation