Bioheat transfer model of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation-induced temperature changes.

ABSTRACT: Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) has been extensively studied due to its promising application in motor function restoration. Many previous studies have explored both the essential mechanism of action and the methods for determining optimal stimulation parameters. In contrast, the bioheat transfer analysis of tSCS therapy has not been investigated to the same extent, despite widely existing, and being of great significance in assuring a stable and thermally safe treatment. In this paper, we concentrated on the thermal effects of tSCS using a finite element-based method. By coupling the electric field and bioheat field, systematic finite element simulations were performed on a human spinal cord model to survey the influence of anatomical structures, blood perfusion, and stimula

SUBMITTER: Chen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5991303 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature