CenBRAIN's New Publication in IEEE NEWCAS'22

Titled “Compact Closed-loop EEG/fNIRS Recording and TMS Neuromodulation System”, this contribution has been accepted in the coming IEEE NEWCAS'22 conference. In this publication, we present a wearable closed-loop neuromodulation system that integrates real-time EEG/fNIRS recording and TMS stimulation. The designed TMS device has a compact size of 330mm × 148mm × 112mm, it can generate 1100 V peak voltage and 2400A current pulse. The stimulation intensity can rearch 620 mTesla. Unlike traditional TMS devices that are bulky and stationary, this device is highly mobile and light-weight, it can be adapted for at home TMS treatment. Congratulations to our formal research assistant Ning Li and to paper’s co-authors for this excellent achievement.

Paper #1

LI N., YANG J., SAWAN M., “Compact Closed-loop EEG/fNIRS Recording and TMS Neuromodulation System”, 20th IEEE International NEWCAS Conference, Quebec, Canada, June 2022.

Abstract

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a clinic-proven neuromodulation technique to treat various neurological and psychological diseases. However, existing TMS devices are bulky, expensive, and open loop. Therefore, they can only be used in fixed locations, and the modulation effects cannot be measured. In this paper, a wearable closeloop neuromodulation system that integrates real-time EEG/fNIRS recording and TMS is proposed. The system's real-time signal monitoring and analysis function allows the inducing of magnetic stimulation and helps measure its effects after stimulation. The proposed system can measure and analyze 23 channel EEG and 64 channel fNIRS signals simultaneously in real-time. The dimensions of the fabricated TMS device are 330mm × 148mm × 112mm, with peak voltage and current values of 1100 V and 2400A, respectively, resulting in peak magnetic stimulation of 620 mTesla and bidirectional current pulse width of 311 μs.