Patent ID: 8265910

Claim:
A method of generating a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) treatment plan for a patient, the method comprising the steps of: displaying representations of a plurality of TMS electromagnets around a model of the patient's brain; calculating the intensity of the magnetic field for a plurality of brain regions including a deep brain target based on the positions of the TMS electromagnets relative to the brain and based on pre-computed magnetic field models for each of the plurality of TMS electromagnets; displaying the magnetic field intensity at the deep brain target on the model of the patient's brain and on non-target regions in the patient's brain; and moving the representation of at least one TMS electromagnet and re-calculating the intensity of the magnetic field for the deep brain target until the magnetic field intensity at the deep brain target is above a stimulation threshold while the magnetic field intensity at non-target regions is below a stimulation threshold.