Research Article

Particle Swarm Optimization for Positioning the Coil of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Table 3

Detailed convergence results for each head model.

ModelIterations to convergeE-field strength in ROI (IP) in V/mE-field strength in ROI by optimization (V/m)E-field strength enhancement (%)Displacement from IP (mm)φ (°)

Simulation 1
Chinese female101.121.7557.6210.5948.46
Chinese male101.872.3928.2014.4141.81
Billie71.993.1659.281.3287.09
Duke82.763.5327.7912.83162.25
Ella62.824.3253.585.94107.71
TWU61.121.8262.8615.3732.21
Japanese male61.902.5031.667.4917.73
Japanese female82.302.7620.0717.0354.89
Norman82.543.8952.7313.86145.69
Naomi71.222.0164.692.5833.23
Korean adult62.104.41109.285.6876.13
Korean child61.561.7411.143.119.49
VIP-man71.161.6441.474.44107.48
Simulation 2
Chinese female81.121.7658.545.67159.82
Chinese male81.872.4330.0710.16104.24
Billie71.993.1257.054.3283.41
Duke82.763.4826.316.42165.59
Ella62.824.1246.485.6986.66
TWU61.121.9271.3212.0988.49
Japanese male61.902.5132.4018.2261.17
Japanese female62.302.7318.858.5426.35
Norman82.543.8450.9016.12158.84
Naomi81.222.0467.099.4934.04
Korean adult72.104.56116.575.2769.35
Korean child71.561.7713.243.2518.91
VIP-man71.161.6744.473.91119.99

Simulation 3
Chinese female91.121.7557.1916.8077.73
Chinese male101.872.4330.335.4798.17
Billie81.993.1357.884.8678.56
Duke72.763.5127.399.79178.76
Ella52.824.1146.0410.05109.07
TWU61.122.0179.2216.09172.07
Japanese male71.902.5031.875.4914.65
Japanese female92.302.8725.008.6562.05
Norman72.543.8249.9917.01147.85
Naomi71.221.9963.131.6630.42
Korean adult72.104.52114.924.3367.99
Korean child71.561.7914.513.4019.36
VIP-man81.161.6643.246.6765.01

Simulation 4
Chinese female101.121.7658.607.310.26
Chinese male81.872.4933.2514.44118.79
Billie61.993.1257.3014.8382.37
Duke82.763.4023.2913.01176.63
Ella92.824.1346.6513.5178.73
TWU61.121.8363.9614.1425.58
Japanese male51.902.4830.899.9438.74
Japanese female82.302.7117.893.4451.97
Norman82.543.7948.9313.39138.17
Naomi91.221.9156.978.1134.79
Korean adult82.104.51114.137.2271.33
Korean child61.561.7310.981.931.71
VIP-man61.161.6945.9717.64122.74
Simulation 5
Chinese female111.121.7759.088.8593.97
Chinese male61.872.4431.0014.88117.89
Billie41.993.2061.114.4381.44
Duke92.763.3421.297.62163.16
Ella42.824.2450.748.8279.7
TWU91.121.9372.4611.1818.37
Japanese male111.902.4830.4915.9425.12
Japanese female72.302.7820.7913.0061.98
Norman72.543.8049.3912.40157.69
Naomi71.222.0165.2010.5633.21
Korean adult72.104.54115.763.9669.43
Korean child61.561.7411.651.841.02
VIP-man81.161.6744.328.53118.83

The values were calculated with the incident current to the coil as 1 kA at 2.24 kHz.