Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a burgeoning field of medicine currently under study exploring its therapeutic and diagnostic applications. One such study at the Massachusetts General Hospital concerns a patient who had a seizure while undergoing TMS treatment for medication-resistant depression. The purpose of this Major Qualifying Project was to create an accurate model of the patient from T1 and T2 magnetic resonance imaging data using a complex toolchain of medical imaging and mesh processing software. ANSYS Maxwell was used to conduct a finite element analysis of the patient’s unique cranial geometry to calculate the electric field inside the cortex during a simulated TMS procedure. This analysis was done to gain insight into the cause of the patient’s seizure.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Burnham, Edward H.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042617-133755

Advisor

• Makarov, Sergey N.

Year

• 2017

Sponsor

• Massachusetts General Hospital

Date created

• 2017-04-26

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright