%0 Journal Article 
%A Cobos Sánchez, Clemente
%A García Pacheco, Francisco Javier
%A Guerrero Rodríguez, José María
%A Hill, Justin Robert
%T An inverse boundary element method computational framework for designing optimal TMS coils
%D 2018
%@ 0955-7997
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/30553
%X An inverse boundary element method and e cient optimisation techniques
were combined to produce a versatile framework to design optimal TMS
coils. The presented approach can be seen as an improvement and extension
of the work introduced by Cobos Sanchez et al. [1] where the optimality of
the resulting coil solutions was not guaranteed. This new numerical framework
based on a constant boundary element method has been e ciently
applied to produce optimal TMS coils with arbitrary geometry, allowing the
inclusion of new coil features in the design process, such as optimised maximum
current density or reduced temperature. Even the structural properties
of the human head were considered using this approach at the design stage
to produce more realistic TMS stimulators. Several examples of TMS coils
were designed and simulated to demonstrate the validity of the proposed
boundary element method approach, and the obtained results show that
the described method is an e cient tool for the design of optimal TMS
%K Medical device design
%K Boundary element method
%K Convex optimisation
%K TMS
%K Field synthesis
%~ Universidad de Cádiz