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1. A method of determining an optimal orientation of a current element of a magnetic coil for use in magnetic stimulation, the method comprising:
(a) identifying a stimulation location; (b) identifying a constraint representing at least a desired electromagnetic effect at the stimulation location; (c) determining, by a processor of a computing device, a first electromagnetic effect at the stimulation location, wherein the first electromagnetic effect is induced by a first electrical quantity assigned to a first current element at a first current element location with a first orientation; (d) determining, by the processor of the computing device, a second electromagnetic effect at the stimulation location, wherein the second electromagnetic effect is induced by a second electrical quantity assigned to a second current element at the first current element location with a second orientation; and (e) determining, by the processor of the computing device, the optimal orientation of the current element at the first current element location based on the determined first electromagnetic effect and the determined second electromagnetic effect, wherein the optimal orientation is such that the constraint representing the desired electromagnetic effect is satisfied at the stimulation location; (f) repeating operations (c) and (d) at a second current element location to determine an optimal orientation of a current element at the second current element location; and (g) combining the determined orientation of the current element at the first current element location and the determined orientation of the current element at the second current element location to determine an optimal orientation of at least a portion of an array of stimulation current elements. |
