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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 11.
Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2008 Jan;55(1):257–266. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2007.900540

TABLE III.

Monophasic stimulator efficiency comparison

conventional cosine TMS cTMS (C = 716 μF)

VCo (V) C(μF) tp (μs) ΔWC (J)
0tPIL2dt(A2s)
tp (μs) ΔWC (J)
0tPIL2dt(A2s)

1,327 63 49 56 165 28 43 54
1,028 121 66 64 244 38 48 80
882 183* 81 71 329 45 49 96
810 240 92 79 408 50 52 112

All configurations are matched to produce same amount of neuronal membrane depolarization for membrane time constant of τm = 150 μs.

total energy storage capacitance C = C1 + C2.

*

approximate Magstim 200 configuration.