Table 2.
Specific parameters of ECT and MST.
| Author | ECT parameters | MST parameters | Frequency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment | Stimulus setting | Stimulation pulse width | Equipment | Location | Stimulation intensity | Duration | ||
| Zhang et al. [12] | SometicsThymatron | Bifrontal electrode | – | Circular coil, 130 mm in diameter, | International standard 10–20 EEG system to establish coil center position, P3.P4 center | 100HZ100% | 10 s | 6 |
| El-Deeb et al. [32] | Thymatron IV, (Somatics LLC, USA). | RULECT and BLECT | 0.5 ms | Magstim Theta device | Vertex stimullation | 100HZ100% | 10 s | 2 |
| Fitzgerald et al. [10] | Thymatron IV | RULECT d’Elia electrode | 1.0 ms | MagventureA/S, double cone MST coil (13 cm in diameter) | – | 100HZ100% | up to 10 s | 15 |
| Atluri et al. [31] | Spectrum 5000Q ECT device | RULECT and BLECT | – | Mag Pro MST uses two coils (Mag Venture) | International Standard 10–20 EEG system | – | – | −24 |
| Kayser et al. [28] | Thymatron IV | RULECT | 0.5 ms | MagProMST (MagVentureA/S, Farum, denmark) double coil | International Standard 10–20 EEG system, Vertex Stimulation | 100HZ100% | 8 s | 8–12 |
| Polster et al. [13] | AThymatron IV, Somatics LLC | RULECT | 0.5 ms | MagPro (MagVentureA/S, Farum, denmark), One double coil and two separate 13 cm wide coils | The center of the coil is placed at the vertex | 100HZ100% | 5–8 s | 10–12 |
| Kayser et al. [29] | Thymatron IV, Somatics LLC | RULECT and BLECT | 0.5 ms | MagProMST (MagVentureA/S denmark), Double coil, 13 cm in diameter | Electroencephalogram position of international standard 10–20 EEG system and vertex stimulation on Cz | 100HZ100% | Increase by 1 s each time | – |
| Kayser et al. [14] | Thymatron IV (Somatics LLC, USA & Canada) | RULECT | 0.5 ms | MagProMST (MagVentureA/S, Denmark), double coils, 13 cm in diameter | The center of the coil is placed at the vertex | 100HZ100% | 6 s | 12 |
| Whit et al. [30] | Spectrum 5000Q ECT device | – | 0.5 ms | Magstim (Magstim Co., Ltd., Wales, United Kingdom) | – | 50HZ100% | 8 s | 10–12 |
| Lisanby et al. [16] | Spectrum 5000Q ECT device | RULECT and BLECT | 0.5 ms | MST is managed using an improved magnetic stimulator and 16 booster modules (Magstim, Whitfield, Wales, UK) | RUL position F6, midline frontal position Fz, and vertex position Cz of international standard 10–20 EEG system | 40–60HZ100% | 0.5s–8s | – |
RULECT right unilateral ECT, BLECT bilateral ECT.