Electric field simulations for transcranial brain stimulation using FEM: an efficient implementation and error analysis

Abstract

The new implementation allows for a substantial increase in computational efficiency of FEM TMS and TES simulations. This is especially relevant for applications such as the systematic assessment of model uncertainty and the optimization of multi-electrode TES montages. The results of our systematic error analysis allow the user to select the best tradeoff between model resolution and simulation speed for a specific application. The new FEM code is openly available as a part of our open-source software SimNIBS 3.0.