Patent ID: 9696387
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61N,G01R

Claim:
1. A method of determining one or more cumulative effects of an application of navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation to at least one location in a brain, said method comprising computer implemented steps of: determining a three dimensional area of a stimulation dose induced by a navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation pulse from a coil device, determining a growth function of the stimulation dose in at least one location of the brain, wherein the growth function is derived at least partially according to a known, inferred or estimated tissue type of the at least one location of the brain, determining a decay function of the stimulation dose in said at least one location of the brain, wherein the decay function is at least partially derived from a period of elapsed time after the stimulation dose, calculating a cumulative stimulation dose for said at least one location of the brain based on the growth function and the decay function at one or more points in time, and administering the navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation to the brain, wherein the administering is based at least partially on the calculated cumulative stimulation dose.