Method and system for guiding electrode placement on the scalp
AssigneesUniversitat Rovira I Virgili, Institut D'Investigació SanitàRia Pere Virgili
InventorsAlbert Fabregat Sanjuan, Vicenç Pascual Rubió
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Abstract
A method and system for guiding electrode placement on the scalp. The invention includes a touch sensor arranged along a section of a flexible LED strip configured for measuring a distance between surface landmarks of the skull; and a control module with different configured settings of electrode placement schemes. By locating different cranial landmarks marked with the touch sensor and confirmed with LED lighting, it allows to guide the precise location of each electrode by illuminating the corresponding points of the LED strip.
Claims19
A system for guiding electrode placement on a scalp characterized by the system comprising:
- a first strip arrangement comprising:
- a first flexible LED strip;
- a first touch sensor means arranged along a section of the first flexible LED strip configured for measuring a distance between cranial landmarks;
- and
- a control module connected to the first strip arrangement;
- wherein, the control module is configured for setting a first cranial landmark at one end of the first flexible LED strip, setting a second cranial landmark where a physical touch is detected by the touch sensor means and illuminating the first flexible LED strip at least at one location for guiding electrode placement, based on the distance between the two cranial landmarks and an electrode placement scheme previously set.
A method for guiding electrode placement on a scalp characterized by the method comprising the following steps:
- placing a first strip arrangement over the head of a patient, wherein the first strip arrangement comprises a first touch sensor means arranged along a section of a first flexible LED strip;
- adjusting one end of the first strip arrangement at a first cranial landmark;
- pressing the first strip arrangement on the section at a second cranial landmark;
- measuring, by the first touch sensor means, the distance between the two cranial landmarks;
- determining, by a control module connected to the first strip arrangement, at least one location along the first strip arrangement for electrode placement, based on the measured distance and an electrode placement scheme previously set;
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- illuminating the first flexible LED strip at the location for guiding electrode placement.
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