US 12,458,801 B2
Electric stimulation simulation method, server, and computer program for determining optimal stimulation position combination
Dong Hyeon Kim, Seoul (KR); Tae Yeong Kim, Yongin-si (KR); and Dae Gyu Min, Incheon (KR)
Assigned to NEUROPHET Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by NEUROPHET Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,742.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0088247 (KR), filed on Jul. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0010674 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01)
CPC A61N 1/36034 (2017.08) [G06F 30/20 (2020.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric stimulation simulation method for determining an optimal stimulation position combination, performed by a computing device and performed to determine an optimal stimulation position combination for applying electric stimulation to a preset target point in a brain of a subject, comprising:
filtering stimulation positions corresponding to a preset condition among a plurality of stimulation positions according to a preset guide system; and
simulating the electric stimulation for the brain of the subject by using remaining stimulation positions except for the filtered stimulation positions among the plurality of stimulation positions,
wherein the filtering the stimulation positions includes:
acquiring a head image of the subject;
generating, in a user interface for three-dimensional modeling, a three-dimensional brain map configured with a plurality of meshes capable stimulating a delivery process of electric stimulation, based on the acquiring the head image of the subject;
setting, in the user interface for three-dimensional modeling, one or more reference stimulation positions based on the generated three-dimensional brain map;
setting, in the user interface for three-dimensional modeling, the plurality of stimulation positions based on the set one or more reference stimulation positions;
setting a filtering target region by using the set plurality of stimulation positions, and filtering, in the user interface for three-dimensional modeling, at least one stimulation position based on the set filtering target region, and
wherein the filtering the at least one stimulation position based on the set filtering target region includes:
detecting, in the user interface for three-dimensional modeling, a region in which electrode attachment is not possible on the head of the subject by analyzing the acquired head image and the generated three-dimensional brain map, setting the detected region in which the electrode attachment is not possible as the filtering target region, and filtering the at least one stimulation position included in the filtering target region.