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Medical Devices 08 –�Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)

Dalton H Bermudez, B.Eng

Medical Physics PhD Student

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TMS vs. tDCS

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TMS vs tDCS

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Neurophysiological Mechanisms of tDCS

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HD-tDCS (MRI-compatible cap)

MR compatible holder

electrode (this one not MR compatible!)

HD-tDCS supplier

when I got

zapped!!

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ROAST simulations (Voltage maps)

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ROAST (Electric field map) & 2x3 optimal Electrode placement for stimulation of right MT region

Cathodal and Anodal HD-tDCS stimulation are just inverse polarity of one another

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Optimal subject specific HD-tDCS electrode placement for stimulation of anatomical specific MT

region

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Process to generate Optimal electrode placement for a 2x3 HD-tDCS solution using ROAST (Part 1)

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Process to generate Optimal electrode placement for a 2x3 HD-tDCS solution using ROAST (Part 2)

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Process to generate Optimal electrode placement for a 2x3 HD-tDCS solution using ROAST (Part 3)

7)Make functional based anatomical ROI pixel coordinate of the brain region you want to stimulate.