Rat Brain Phantom

Development of Anatomically Accurate Brain Model of Small Animals for Experimental Verification of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

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Project Overview

With the Biomagnetics Lab at VCU, I created an anatomically-accurate model of a rat head (segmented into gray matter, white matter, CSF, bone, and tissue) for the purposes of non-invasive neuromodulation (such as transcranial magnetic stimulation), including the entire pipeline for creating the phantom from scratch. The goal of the project was to provide a way for researchers in the field to verify the magnetic and electric field measurements using finite element simulation on the models (leading to accurately confirm measurements and ability to prototype new coils without harming animals).

Development Pipeline

Complete pipeline for creating anatomically accurate rat head phantoms from MRI data to 3D printed models.

Results

The completed anatomically accurate rat head phantom with segmented brain regions.

Research conducted at the Biomagnetics Lab at Virginia Commonwealth University
Thanks to Dr. Ravi Hadimani, Eli Knight, Dr. Ivan Carmona