Research Article

Particle Swarm Optimization for Positioning the Coil of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Table 4

Statistical results based on 5 times of optimization.

IterationsE-field strength enhancement compared with IP (%)Displacement from IP (mm)φ (°)

Chinese female9.60 ± 0.9458.18 ± 0.639.84 ± 3.8476.05 ± 52.62
Chinese male8.40 ± 1.8830.57 ± 1.4911.87 ± 3.6396.18 ± 28.31
Billie6.40 ± 1.2558.52 ± 1.385.95 ± 4.6182.57 ± 2.77
Duke8.00 ± 0.9225.21 ± 2.309.94 ± 2.66169.28 ± 6.99
Ella6.00 ± 1.8548.69 ± 2.718.80 ± 2.8892.37 ± 13.36
TWU6.60 ± 2.8969.96 ± 5.4813.77 ± 1.8767.34 ± 57.95
Japanese male7.00 ± 2.5331.47 ± 0.6311.42 ± 4.8831.48 ± 17.01
Japanese female7.60 ± 1.3321.32 ± 2.1610.13 ± 4.5851.45 ± 13.16
Norman7.60 ± 0.4950.39 ± 1.3414.56 ± 1.73149.65 ± 7.74
Naomi7.60 ± 0.8063.42 ± 3.466.48 ± 3.6633.14 ± 1.48
Korean adult7.00 ± 0.63114.13 ± 2.565.29 ± 1.1570.85 ± 2.85
Korean child6.40 ± 0.4912.30 ± 1.362.71 ± 0.6810.10 ± 7.96
VIP-man7.20 ± 0.7543.89 ± 1.498.24 ± 4.98106.81 ± 21.54

The values are presented as mean ± standard deviation.