WO2009026386A1 - Firing patterns for deep brain transcranial magnetic stimulation - Google Patents
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- Patent Application Serial No. 60/956920 filed on August 20, 2007, titled “FIRING PATTERNS FOR DEEP BRAIN TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION.”
- U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/970958 filed on September 9, 2007, titled “PULSING MULTIPLE INDEPENDENTLY TRIGGERED ELECTROMAGNETS FROM ONE OR MORE ENERGY SOURCES.”
- U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 61/077488 filed on July 2, 2008, titled “DIFFERENTIAL PULSE PATTERNS IN PARALLEL STIMULATION ARRAYS.”
- the devices and methods described herein relate generally to the triggering of electromagnets used for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) of the brain has been employed in a limited way to treat depression refractory to the administration of drugs.
- the number of treatable conditions may significantly increase as the depth of the target increases.
- Systems for targeting neural structures at depth e.g., Schneider and Mishelevich, U.S. Patent Application No.
- TMS stimulation of deep targets would potentially permit treatment of a variety of conditions such as chronic pain, addiction, obesity, depression, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease.
- Conventional rTMS petitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
- the approach of this latter case may avoid over-stimulating superficial neural structures at a single location and causing seizures or other undesired impacts, but to be successful, the pulsed magnetic fields must reach the target at a higher effective rate of stimulation than the pulsed magnetic fields hitting superficial tissue.
- the coordination of the orientation, timing, frequencies and power levels for controlling multiple magnets to stimulate one or more targets, and particularly deep tissue targets is a difficult task that has not yet been effectively accomplished. Described herein are methods, devices and systems for accomplishing this.
- tissue may have differing requirements in terms of the amount of function augmentation or suppression that they require, or that they can tolerate.
- one or more intermediate tissues may be inadvertently suppressed in the process, when, in fact, such tissue(s) require functional augmentation.
- rTMS applied to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (LDLPFC) or slow rate rTMS (e.g., 1 Hz) applied to the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (RDLPFC), are effective treatments for depression.
- LDLPFC dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
- RDLPFC right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
- Arrays of multiple magnetic coils have been proposed. For example, Ruohonen et al. (1998) modeled in software an array of small adjacent magnets intended to stimulate the outer cortical surface of the brain.
- Described herein are methods, devices and systems for controlling the firing of electromagnets located at different positions to stimulate at least one brain region, including deep brain regions.
- the firing may be performed at fixed, random, or mixed fixed and random intervals, and/or at different pulse rates.
- the methods described herein include methods of focusing stimulating from multiple magnets on one or more brain region so that energy from the magnets sums in a desired brain region to trigger firing of neurons (e.g., action potentials) in the target brain regions without triggering firing in adjacent (and particularly superficially located) brain regions.
- neurons e.g., action potentials
- the methods further include controlling the timing, rate, and power of each magnet in an array of magnets to achieve transcranial magnetic stimulation so that energy applied by the magnets to non-target regions is below a threshold for stimulation and energy applied to target regions is above the threshold.
- the rate of stimulation e.g., the rate that action potentials are evoked
- the rate of stimulation in target regions may be controlled to modulate the effects of stimulation of a target region.
- one or more pulses can be generated (e.g., 3, 2, 2, 1, 5 pulses etc.) at one location before moving on to the next.
- some or all the pulses can be concurrently fired from two or more locations.
- relatively few pulses per a given period of time may be fired from locations close to, and potentially stimulate the superficial tissues, but the magnetic pulses reaching the deep target location from a plurality of magnets may combine to form a pulse train that activates the desired volume of target tissue.
- the plurality of electromagnets referred to herein may be in fixed positions or may be mobile (as in Schneider and Mishelevich, U.S. Patent Application No. 10/821,807). The net effect at the target location is due to combined elements of temporal and spatial summation.
- This approach may also be used to take advantage of the individual properties of different brain regions, permitting each region to be stimulated with the pulse sequence that maximally contributes to the overall intended effect of the treatment. For example, adverse effects may result if pulse rates exceed 3 Hz when the pulse trajectory passes through the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on the way to a cingulate target. Consequently, it may benefit the overall treatment strategy to limit the rate of pulses passing through the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, even though a faster pulse rate would help the temporal summation effect.
- the devices, methods and systems described herein may control the stimulation of one or more brain regions, including regions previously thought to be too deep for controlled transcranial magnetic stimulation. This process may occur in configurations in which the charge pulses received by these electromagnets are simultaneous, and when the charge delivery among these coils is not simultaneous.
- a single power source has an output directed to multiple electromagnets by controlling which driver is gated to conduct to a given electromagnet via a distributor element controlled by a stimulation controller.
- multiple power sources (for example, one for each electromagnet) are each controlled via an associated driver. The gating of the drivers is determined by a distributor element controlled by a stimulation controller.
- Single power source and multiple power source configurations can be mixed in a single system.
- These methods, systems and devices may also allow a neuromodulation-produced energy source to simultaneously deliver different effects to different neural tissues.
- multiple stimulation trajectories or multiple stimulation sources may be controlled to achieve targeted stimulation.
- Each of these sources may be capable of independent function. The cumulative effect of the multiple sources at the intersection of their paths, as well as the independent effects of each source in proximal tissue, are calculated and controlled by the system described.
- FIG. 1 shows five coil-pair sets of electromagnets.
- FIG. 2 illustrates one embodiment of a system for stimulating neuronal tissue deep within a subject's brain in which the power for the electromagnets is provided by a single energy source.
- FIG. 3 illustrates another embodiment of a system for stimulating neuronal tissue deep within a subject's brain in which the power for the electromagnets is provided by multiple individual energy sources.
- FIG. 4 illustrates various forms of control that can be provided for the plurality of coils.
- FIG. 5 shows an array of 3 energy sources around a patient's head, shown in frontal external view (left), and in cross section (right).
- FIG. 6 is a table that illustrates three variations of ways in which the coils such as those shown in FIG. 5 may be activated in order to achieve a desired effect, including three threshold-based (action-potential-elicited versus no- action-potential-elicited) calculations.
- FIGS. 7 A and 7B show two exemplary arrays of 4 (double) stimulator coils positioned around a patient's head.
- FIG. 8 is a table that tallies the effect of different pulse patterns in the coils shown in FIGS. 7 A and 7B in a manner that considers distance from each coil, and the strength of the magnetic pulses (measured continuously rather than as a binary variable), and the resultant effect upon the target structure relative to interposed superficial structures.
- FIG. 9 is an flowchart showing one variation of a Transcranial Magnetic
- FIG. 10 illustrates distances measured from the bottom of cortical sulci to a deep target, in this example, the cingulate bundle.
- FIG. 11 is one variation of a portion of a method of determining stimulation parameters for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.
- TMS Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) methods, devices and systems described herein are capable of triggering action potential (including specified patterns of action potentials) in one or more target brain regions without trigger action potential sin nearby non- target regions, including regions that are superficial (e.g., between the target region and the external magnets(s) stimulating the brain).
- These TMS systems may support a variety of action potential firing patterns by controlling the pulsing of multiple, independently triggerable, electromagnets from one or more energy sources.
- the system may also monitor or control the one or more power supplies so that there is sufficient capacity from the power supplies so when a given pulse is triggered, adequate power is available to deliver a stimulus from each electromagnet as needed to trigger the desired action potentials from the target brain region.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a configuration incorporating five electromagnets 110, 120, 130,
- the electromagnets need not be of equal size, and do not have to be in a uniform relationship to each other.
- the electromagnets may move as a group (say on a gantry or robotic arm) and/or in relationship to each other over time. For example, the electromagnets may be moved during stimulation (TMS) or they may be fixed during stimulation.
- TMS stimulation
- FIG. 1 a target neural (brain) tissue region 170 is illustrated. This region need not be equidistant from the electromagnets. Two or more electromagnets must be included; in the description of the embodiments illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3, four electromagnets are incorporated.
- the devices and systems described herein may be used to stimulate one or more regions of the brain.
- stimulation of a brain region may refer to the eliciting of one or more (or a series of) action potentials from the brain region. Deep brain regions in particular may be stimulated with these devices and methods.
- deep brain regions may refer to cortical and sub-cortical brain regions, or just subcortical brain regions (e.g., regions below the subject's cortex). In some variations, multiple brain regions (including a cortical and a sub-cortical brain region, two or more sub-cortical regions, etc.) may be stimulated.
- a complex pulse rhythm such as the "theta" pattern (Huang et al., 2005) on one region of the brain may facilitate TMS-induced neuromodulation effects in another part of the brain.
- the systems described herein may be used to simultaneously stimulate such a pattern in one region while simultaneously stimulating another region.
- the TMS systems described herein control the plurality of electromagnets to trigger pulses of an appropriate strength, duration and frequency (including complex patterns of stimulation), at each of the plurality of electromagnets so that only target brain region(s) are activated. Triggering of pulses can be done mechanically (e.g., through notches in a cam) or electronically using a built-in fixed, random, or mixed pattern or such patterns can be generated under computer control.
- the system may generate appropriate firing patterns for each of the plurality of electromagnets in the system.
- the "firing pattern” may refer to the duration of a pulse, the frequency of the pulse, and the intensity (strength) of the pulse (e.g., the current/voltage applied to generate the pulse).
- the system typically controls and coordinates the firing patterns of tall of the electromagnets.
- the electromagnets may be fired in a sequential order (e.g., first electromagnet, second electromagnet, third electromagnet, etc.) or in some other order (including random or pseudo-random).
- Table 1 An example of a sequential firing pattern is shown in Table 1 and of a random firing is shown in Table 2, below.
- electromagnets at five different locations, A through E represented in the table columns, are triggered sequentially as the process steps through times 1 through 10 represented in the table rows.
- the objective is to minimize the number of pulses received by tissues close to a given electromagnet to avoid undesirable side effects while maximizing the number of pulses stimulating the target.
- Each pulse must be of sufficient duration so that the neural membrane will not re-polarize.
- the chronaxie of a typical cortical neuron is 450 microseconds.
- the electromagnets are physically distributed such that tissues close to one electromagnet location (e.g., location "A") will be little impacted by pulses from a different location (location "B").
- the TMS systems described herein may include control logic that coordinates the firing pattern, as well as the timing, strength and duration of the pulses applied by the electromagnets.
- This control logic (which may be part of a controller, and may be hardware, software, or both) may receive inputs regarding the subject's target anatomy (e.g., the location of one or more targets relative to the electromagnets), as well as information regarding the status of the power supply(s) indicating available power. Finally, inputs such as the desired rate of evoked action potentials for a target region may also be included. Additional inputs may be used as well. These inputs may help the control logic to determine the stimulation at each of the electromagnets, including what the firing pattern should be.
- the time interval between time steps 1 through n may be tailored to deliver the pulses at a rate that is faster than the interval at which the target neural elements (neurons of the target brain region) will re-polarize; at this faster rate, the threshold for the target neural elements will be exceeded and desired effective stimulation may occur, triggering an action potential.
- the firing rate of the individual electromagnets at locations A through n depends on the number of those individual electromagnets. For example, to achieve a pulse rate at the target to be 1000 Hz, if there are five individual electromagnets (e.g., A through E), this can be achieved by stimulating those five electromagnets at an effective rate of about 200 Hz each.
- the system may also control the firing pattern in order to achieve a desired rate of stimulation of the target tissue (e.g., a rate of action potential firing).
- the system may control the electromagnets so that high pulse rates (e.g., 1000 Hz) may be achieved for only a fraction of a second, for example over 5 successive pulses, closely spaced, one from each of 5 electromagnets, followed by a pause.
- high pulse rates e.g., 1000 Hz
- the "1000 Hz" pulse burst may be experienced by neurons as a single stimulation.
- a sufficient period of wait e.g., 0.2 seconds
- the same principle may be applied to the production of temporally summated multi- electromagnet bursts in the production of slow-rate or fast-rate rTMS. For example, even if 5 electromagnet are discharged once each at a 1000 Hz rate, so long as about 1 second separates the overlapping bursts (e.g., the bursts summed in the target tissue), the effective pulse rate and safety profile experienced by a given brain part will be just short of 1 Hz. Thus, by firing each electromagnet once, each in rapid (e.g., 1000 Hz) succession (a "burst"), but then waiting 0.2 seconds to 1 second between bursts, we can get temporal summation and the safety of normal rTMS rates.
- rapid (e.g., 1000 Hz) succession a "burst”
- the TMS systems described herein may therefore attend to the overall stimulation pattern while controlling each electromagnet (or groups of electromagnets) individual firing rates, durations and strengths.
- the stimulation of target tissue results from the temporal and spatial summation of the effect of the applied electromagnetic field at the target tissue.
- the system determines the appropriate firing pattern for all of the electromagnets as well as the individual firing (strength, duration and rate) for each electromagnet so that the firing of each electromagnet results in a sub-threshold energy for the non-target tissue, but the focused energy on the target tissue is above-threshold.
- controlling the power applied by the system is one part of this control.
- each electromagnet may be powered by a single power source, multiple power sources, or one power source may be used to power multiple electromagnets.
- FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment of a TMS system in which power for the electromagnets is provided by a single energy source.
- One output of power source 200 is provided in common via connection 220 to all of the electromagnets 230. While four electromagnets 230 are shown in the figure, any number feasible in the applied geometry can be powered.
- the firing of the individual electromagnets is determined by stimulation controller 250, which activates distributor 260 to select the appropriate driver 280 which when selected at the given time delivers power via connection 210 from power source 200 to the associated electromagnet 230 via connection 290.
- FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment in which power for the electromagnets is provided by individual power sources.
- One output of all the power sources (e.g., power sources A through D) 300, 302, 304, 306 is provided in common by connection 320 to all the electromagnets 330, 332, 334, 336. Although four electromagnets 330, 332, 334, 336 are shown in the figure, any number of electromagnets feasible to the applied geometry can be powered.
- the firing of the individual electromagnets in this example determined by stimulation controller 350, which activates distributor 360 to select the appropriate driver (e.g., drivers A through D) 380, 382, 384, or 386 which when selected at the given time delivers power via associated connection 390, 392, 394 or 396 from respective power source 300, 302, 304 or 306 to the associated electromagnet 330, 332, 334 or 336.
- the controller 350 may run the control logic coordinating the stimulation of the target while avoiding stimulation of non-target regions. [00042] In either variation illustrated in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, more than a single electromagnet can be pulsed simultaneously, so long as the power source (e.g., FIG. 2) or power sources (e.g., FIG. 3) have sufficient capacity.
- the control logic may determine the appropriate output based on the available capacity of the power source(s). This capacity may be monitored directly (e.g., by one or more inputs), based on specification, or based on calculation or estimate.
- FIG. 4 illustrates various examples of control of the firing pattern and excitation of the electromagnets (coils) that can be provided for the plurality of coils in accordance with the present invention as above described.
- Electromagnet charge storage 400 may be divided into Single Source methods 410 and Multiple Source methods 420.
- Single Source methods 410 may be subdivided into categories, as shown in FIG. 4.
- Single Source Synchronous pulses 411 are used in order to make the single power source deliver charge to each of a plurality of coils at timings that bear a fixed relationship to one another. Examples may include simultaneous (414) pulses, and non-simultaneous (415) pulses.
- Single Source Asynchronous pulses 412 describe those in which charge from a single charge storage device is metered to a plurality of coils in a manner such that each coil fires based upon a signal other than a time scale shared by the coils.
- the initiation of asynchronous firing may in include, for example, sensing that a series of pulses delivered by one coil has finished.
- Single Source Independent pulses 413 describe those in which the activity of one coil is not synchronized with, and does not influence the activity of another coil. Very large stored charge reservoirs are required to successfully use this approach. [00044]
- Multiple Source methods (420) may also be subdivided into categories. Multiple Source methods (420) may also be subdivided into categories. Multiple Source methods (420) may also be subdivided into categories. Multiple Source methods (420) may also be subdivided into categories. Multiple Source methods (420) may also be subdivided into categories. Multiple Source methods (420) may also be subdivided into categories. Multiple Source methods (420) may also be subdiv
- Source Synchronous pulses 421 are used in order to make the single power source deliver charge to each of a plurality of coils at timings that bear a fixed relationship to one another. Examples may include simultaneous (424) pulses, and non-simultaneous (425) pulses.
- Multiple Source Asynchronous pulses 422 describe t ose in which charge from a single charge storage device is metered to a plurality of coils in a manner such that each coil fires based upon a signal other than a time scale shared by the coils.
- the initiation of asynchronous firing may in include, for example, sensing that a series of pulses delivered by one coil has finished.
- FIG. 5 shows an array of 3 (double) stimulator coils (referred to herein as three
- V-shaped double coil 520 (also designated as coil A or electromagnet A) is composed of circular coils 521 and 522, and bent at the center where the return path of the current in both coils is in the same direction.
- V-shaped double coil 530 (also designated as coil B or electromagnet B) is composed of circular coils 531 and 532 joined at a bent center
- V-shaped double coil 540 (also designated as coil C or electromagnet C) is composed of circular coils 541 and 542, joined at a bent center.
- the electromagnets are not V-shaped, but traditional figure-8 double coils. In still another embodiment, not all of the axes across the faces of the electromagnets are oriented in the same direction.
- Coil 560 is reverse-biased with respect to coils 550 and 570, respectively, the medial aspect of the field emitted by coils 550 and 570 may be largely cancelled. This effect may be controlled by the TMS system described herein, and may be helpful in focusing the target area.
- a TMS system as described herein may be used to generate a fast rTMS pulse rate to a peripheral brain region and slow pulse rate to a deep target region.
- This pattern of stimulation (and the resulting firing pattern and set of instructions for the electromagnet) may be particularly useful for reducing dorsal anterior cingulate metabolic rate while increasing motor cortex or prefrontal metabolic rate, such as in the context of a subject being treated for pain or OCD with depression.
- the pulses are rapid but temporally staggered for a time interval that exceeds the chronaxie of the target, a rapid stimulation effect will be registered near each coil, but the target at the intersections of the energy path does not summate because of temporal staggering of the pulses from the periphery.
- a slow rate at the deep target can be achieved even as the sites at the periphery achieve a fast stimulation rate.
- the controller may receive the target information (identifying the location of the targets relative to the electromagnets), and may calculate, either before stimulation or on-the-fly, during stimulation, to achieve the desired effect.
- pulses from each of the multiple sources may be delivered in a staggered fashion so as to make pulses in the periphery slow, and pulses at the intersection of the energy fast.
- sub-threshold in power e.g. 99% MT
- interspersed with slow rate pulses of suprathreshold power e.g. 120% MT
- the target at the intersection of the energy paths center will experience rapid stimulation, while the locations beneath one or more coils will experience only slow-rate stimulation.
- FIG. 6 shows a table illustrating three example of activation of electromagnets of a TMS system similar to that shown in FIG. 5, in order to achieve a desired effect, including three threshold-based (action-potential-elicited versus no- action-potential-elicited) calculations.
- the value of "1" means that an action potential is elicited, as the critical threshold has been exceeded.
- Tl through TlO are sample times within an interval, which in this case are defined as 0.1 ms intervals.
- Tl-TlO may represent different time periods. They may or may not be spaced at regular time intervals. In each of the three tables, it is assumed that the distance between the bottom of the nearest cortical sulcus and the underlying deep target is less than the distance between the physical coil centers. Under these conditions, the magnetic fields will summate at the deep target to a greater degree than at the cortical surface.
- Control logic e.g., part of a controller
- determine e.g., calculate
- the top table shows a scenario in which pulses are delivered from each of Coil A, Coil B, and Coil C at each of the ten time intervals. Accordingly, the summated "mutual deep target" is stimulated to action potential at each pulse, for a net deep stimulation rate of 10 Hz.
- the deep target region (at the intersection of the pulses emitted by Coils A, B, and C) is stimulated, as is the more superficial cortical regions beneath Coils A, B and C.
- Coils A and B are shown being pulsed at a fast 10Hz rate, while Coil C is pulsed a slow IHz rate, with a pulse only at Tl. Because it is assumed that two coils at these spacing are too far from the mutual deep target to produce summation, the output at the mutual deep target is shown to be a "1", or action potential only at Tl. Thus the net effect at the mutual deep target is 1 Hz stimulation, while the more superficial regions are stimulated at 10 Hz.
- Coils A and B are shown being pulsed at a fast 10Hz rate, while Coil C is pulsed a medium rate of 5 Hz, occurring at every other time interval. Because it is assumed that two coils at these spacing are too far from the mutual deep target to produce summation, the output at the mutual deep target is shown to be a "1", or action potential only at every other time interval. Thus the net effect at the mutual deep target is 5 Hz stimulation.
- the stimulation at each of the cortical regions is indicated as "100% MT" (above threshold) for stimulation at those regions.
- MT refers to motor threshold, a standard (based on stimulation of motor cortex) for evoking a response via Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; "100% MT” or greater (e.g., "115% MT”) may result in an evoked action potential.
- the stimulation applied may be below threshold ( ⁇ 100% MT), while still summing to provide sufficient (at or above 100% MT) for the deeper brain regions.
- the cortical or regions superficial to the deep target may be un-stimulated so that they do not fire action potentials, while still stimulating the deeper region(s).
- FIGS. 7 A and 7B shows two different exemplary array configurations, each consisting of four double coils around a patient's head, and centered upon the same cingulate target illustrated as the mutual deep target in FIG. 5.
- the electromagnets may be movable during the TMS treatment, so that the position of the applied energy may be moved.
- Such a coil- moving device may be like that described in Schneider and Mishelevich, US Patent Application No. 10/821,807.
- the TMS system may include stationary coil arrays. Stationary coils may be moved (repositioned) prior to treatment, or between treatment steps.
- coils 705, 710, 715 and 720 are in locations too distant from the dorsal anterior cingulate target 700 to effectively modulate its activity.
- FIG. 7B By moving coils into a closer pattern as shown in the lower figure, FIG. 7B, effective use of the array becomes possible.
- coils 755, 760, 770 and 780 have moved much closer together and closer to dorsal anterior cingulate target 750 in a 3D pattern overlaid upon a 2D axial slice.
- This configuration may also be achieved using three or more standard flat TMS coils, with their "flat planes" at right angles to one another, as described by the present inventors in US Patent Application 11/429,504.
- FIG. 8 is a table that tallies (simulates) the effect of different pulse patterns of the coils shown in FIG. 7B in a manner that considers distance from each coil, and the strength of the magnetic pulses (measured continuously rather than as a binary variable), and the resultant effect upon the target structure relative to interposed superficial structures.
- the distance to the target for a given electromagnet is DTDT which is the "Distance to The Deep Target” in centimeters measured from the bottom of the cortical sulcus through which the magnetic field from that electromagnet passes.
- the falloff factor (FF) is an index that reflects what percent of an energy source is present after having traveled 1 cm from its previous position.
- the % of power at each time period (T n ) reflects the energy applied to the coil (duration and power)?
- the percent power is 115%, which is suprathreshold. In the case of 70mm double coils that may be used for TMS, this factor is approximately 0.50 (fifty percent).
- Percent power at Mutual Deep Target is the percent of target activation threshold or percent motor threshold.
- Tn e.g., Tl, T2... Tn
- Tn is an arbitrary time: these times may be equally spaced, but are not necessarily so. Percent power shown at Mutual Deep Target may be calculated at each Tn as:
- any of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) systems described herein are typically configured so that each electromagnet is individually controlled or instructed.
- these systems may include a controller that specifically coordinates each individual electromagnet, and the individual electromagnets are configured to be capable of acting independently of the others, so that each electromagnet may execute a separate stimulation protocol from the other electromagnets.
- the controller typically executes a stimulation strategy that includes instructions for the control of each electromagnet. These instructions may include controlling the position, frequency or rate of firing, strength of firing, duration of firing, shape of applied voltage/current (e.g., waveform shape), position (e.g., angle and/or distance from patient, orientation around the patient, and in some variations, movement of the electromagnet), and direction of electromagnetic field.
- the instructions for controlling stimulation executed by the controller may also be referred to as a treatment plan or treatment strategy.
- the treatment strategy may also include a stimulation pattern, indicating the pattern of firing of individual electromagnets.
- individual electromagnets may include sets (e.g. pairs, etc.) of electromagnets.
- the controller also includes logic (hardware and/or software) for generating the treatment strategy.
- logic hardware and/or software
- a separate module or component for calculating the treatment strategy may be used.
- scheduling logic may be used to generate one or more treatment strategies.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating one method of generating a treatment strategy. In general, this treatment strategy is formulated by first determining (or inputting, e.g., by user input) the treatment objectives for each target region, as well as any other regions that may be affected by activation of the electromagnets, such as the brain regions between the electromagnet and the target. [00061] Referring to FIG.
- the first step in controlling a TMS system includes determining the deep brain tissue target(s) to be stimulated 1001. Any appropriate target may be chosen.
- the deep brain region target e.g. sub-cortical target
- the target deep region of the subject's brain chosen may be provided to the controller (or other module) of the system by numeric (e.g., providing coordinates), by graphical (e.g., indicating on a subject's brain scan), or any other appropriate means.
- the system may include brain scanning or mapping, or may receive input from brain scanning or mapping.
- the system may receive the position or coordinates of the target(s) relative to the positions of the electromagnets.
- the primary target(s) e.g., deep brain targets
- the system may determine what secondary targets may be affected by the stimulation of the target regions.
- a secondary target may also be called an incidental target or a collateral target, because, although it is not an intended target, it may be stimulated during the attempt to stimulate the intended target.
- the cortical region between the deep brain region and the electromagnet, along the pathway of the pulse emitted by the electromagnet may be considered a secondary or collateral target.
- a collateral target may also be a primary target.
- the position of the electromagnets (coils) around the subject may also be adjusted. For example, once the target deep brain region(s) have been selected, the coils around the subject heads may be moved to better reach them. In some variations, the magnets may be continuously moved (e.g., rotated, tilted, or otherwise repositioned) to reach the target region(s). The movement may be coordinated or controlled by the controller, and may be made either at the start of a treatment, or it may occur continuously or periodically during the treatment. Thus the treatment strategy may include control of magnet position and/or movement. [00063] Once the primary target regions and collateral or secondary target regions have been identified, the system may then determine objectives for the primary and secondary targets 1003.
- the objective may be input from the user (e.g., doctor, technician, etc.) and/or may be selected form a database of objectives.
- the objective for a particular region e.g., target region
- the objectives may be broadly characterized as "up regulation", “down regulation” or “non- stimulation.”
- an objective of non-stimulation may be interpreted as limiting the target region (e.g., a collateral target region) so that threshold stimulation from the electromagnet (e.g., stimulation less than 100% MT for that region) is not achieved.
- threshold stimulation from the electromagnet e.g., stimulation less than 100% MT for that region
- an objective of "up-regulation” in a particular region may mean stimulation at a frequency of about 5 Hz or greater within the target region.
- an objective of "down-regulation" of a target region may refer to stimulation at a rate of 1 Hz or less.
- An inventory or database of stimulation objectives for multiple different brain regions may be used (and may be included as part of the system) to provide an adjustable default or pre-set to the system.
- the adjustable default for collateral targets may be non-stimulation.
- the system may then apply a method to determine a stimulation strategy.
- a method to determine a stimulation strategy is shown in FIG. 9, steps 1005-1019.
- the system may generate a plurality of candidate strategies 1005 (e.g., m candidate strategies) by applying the target strategies, then score these strategies after simulating their application, and apply the highest-scoring treatment strategy.
- FIG. 11 provides one illustration of a method for choosing parameters for candidate strategies, as indicated in steps 1005 and 1007.
- the step of choosing parameters for each magnet during a treatment strategy may include generating a stimulation pattern wherein the timing of firing of each magnet in the system is coordinated. This stimulation pattern may be fixed, random or mixed, as described above.
- each electromagnet during the stimulation pattern may be selected, including strength, duration, shape of the applied waveform, position of the electromagnet, direction of the field, etc .
- These parameters may be constrained by the target and target objectives.
- FIG. 11, steps 2001-2027 describes on variation of a method of determining generating a target number of candidate stimulation strategies. For example, permutations of strength, duration, rate, field orientation, etc. may be determined 2005 for different permutations of stimulation patterns 2003, and simulated 2015 to determine if they achieve the target objectives 2017 for both primary and collateral targets.
- This process can be iteratively repeated until an array of candidate strategies (or a best candidate strategy, if they are being scored and compared during this process) is identified, hi some variations, pre-set or historical treatment strategies may be applied or used as a starting point for determining a candidate treatment strategy. For example, a database of treatment strategies for particular targets may be used. Thus, in some variations, the system may include such a database, and may add to or modify this database.
- Simulation of a candidate treatment plan may be based on the application of the summation (both temporal and spatial) of the applied pulse(s) within each target region. For example, as indicated by FIG. 8, described above, a matrix of simulated stimulation values may be generated to determine what the rate and level of stimulation is for each target region, which can then be compared against the objectives for that target region.
- the simulation may apply the attenuation factor, based on the location of the target region relative to the electromagnets, hi some variations, particular characteristics of the tissue may also be applied (e.g., region attenuation factors, regional thresholds for stimulation, the effect of field orientations in certain regions, etc.).
- FIG. 10 is an adaptation of a figure from the Talairach Atlas in which distances are measured from the bottom of a cortical sulci to a deep target, in this case the cingulate bundle.
- Brain 901 includes gyrus 902 (a representative example), sulci 903 (a representative example), and longitudinal fissure 904. Sulci 903 and longitudinal fissure 904 are typically filled with clear cerebrospinal fluid (not illustrated). Cerebrospinal fluid is composed principally of water with sodium chloride salt, which makes these spaces highly electrically conductive.
- Cerebrospinal fluid is composed principally of water with sodium chloride salt, which makes these spaces highly electrically conductive.
- cingulum principally gray matter but also containing cingulate bundle 910, which is composed of axons, or white matter.
- the distances between the deep target (e.g., cingulate bundle 911) and the bottom of two nearby highly conductive sulci are relatively short: distance 911 and distance 920.
- Distance 911 and distance 920 when represented in centimeters, may be used within the context of the table in FIG. 8 as DTDT (distance to deep target) numbers. Because the cingulate is a bilateral structure that happens to be close to the midline, such distances may be used for both the right and left cingulate structures if target is assumed to be a point between to two cingulate bundles.
- the method is also intended to generically apply to neurostimulation energy sources including but not limited to direct or alternating current electrodes, optical neurostimulation light sources, and ultrasound emitters, any of which may be either implanted, externally placed, or within natural orifices.
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