Method, server and computer program for designing customized headgear for transcranial direct current stimulation

A server for designing a customized headgear for transcranial direct current stimulation, the server comprising:

• a processor;
• a network interface;
• a memory;
• and
• a computer program loaded on the memory and executed by the processor,
• wherein the computer program includes:
• an instruction for acquiring a head image of a subject;
• an instruction for generating a headgear mask by using the acquired head image;
• an instruction for generating a stimulator mask by using an optimal stimulation position combination for applying electrical stimulation to a preset target point in a brain of the subject;
• and
• an instruction for generating a customized headgear mask for the subject by performing a subtraction operation between the generated headgear mask and the generated stimulator mask,
• wherein the instruction for generating a stimulator mask includes:
• an instruction for simulating electrical stimulation for the brain of the subject by using a plurality of stimulation positions according to a preset guide system;
• an instruction for determining the optimal stimulation position combination by using a simulation result of the electrical stimulation;
• and
• an instruction for generating the stimulator mask based on a plurality of optimal stimulation positions included in the determined optimal stimulation position combination, and
• wherein the instruction for simulating electrical stimulation for the brain of the subject includes:
• an instruction for acquiring a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) image of the brain of the subject;
• an instruction for segmenting the acquired MRI image into a plurality of regions;
• an instruction for generating a three-dimensional brain image by using the MRI image segmented into the plurality of regions;
• an instruction for generating a three-dimensional brain map configured with a plurality of meshes based on an attribute of each of the plurality of regions included in the generated three-dimensional brain image;
• and
• an instruction for simulating the electric stimulation by using the plurality of stimulation positions based on the generated three-dimensional brain map.

A computer program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, combined with a computing device, the computer program causing the computing device to execute:

• acquiring a head image of a subject;
• generating a headgear mask by using the acquired head image;
• generating a simulator mask by using an optimal stimulation position combination for applying electrical stimulation to a preset target point in a brain of the subject;
• and
• generating a customized headgear mask for the subject by performing a subtraction operation between the generated headgear mask and the generated stimulator mask,
• wherein the generated stimulator mask includes:
• simulating electrical stimulation for the brain of the subject by using a plurality of stimulation positions according to a preset guide system;
• determining the optimal stimulation position combination by using a simulation result of the electrical stimulation;
• and
• generating the stimulator mask based on a plurality of optimal stimulation positions included in the determined optimal stimulation position combination, and
• wherein simulating electrical stimulation for the brain of the subject includes:
• acquiring a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) image of the brain of the subject;
• segmenting the acquired MRI image into a plurality of regions;
• generating a three-dimensional brain image by using the MRI image segmented into the plurality of regions;
• generating a three-dimensional brain map configured with a plurality of meshes based on an attribute of each of the plurality of regions included in the generated three-dimensional brain image;
• and
• simulating the electric stimulation by using the plurality of stimulation positions based on the generated three-dimensional brain map.