• Neuromodulation · Nov 2024

    Seeking Optimal Montage for Single-Pair Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Using Bayesian Optimization and Hyperband-A Feasibility Study.

    • Cheolki Im, Jongseung Lee, Donghyeon Kim, Sung Chan Jun, and Hyeon Seo.
    • School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea.
    • Neuromodulation. 2024 Nov 9.

    ObjectivesTranscranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is an emerging neuromodulation technique. The effect of tDCS can vary significantly depending on electrode position and current intensity, making it crucial to find an optimized tDCS montage. However, because of the high computational load, most tDCS optimization approaches have been performed with a limited number of candidates for electrode positions, such as 10-10 or 10-20 international channel configurations. This study introduced the Bayesian optimization and hyperband (BOHB) method to seek optimal tDCS montage for the entire human scalp without conventional constraints.Materials And MethodsThe BOHB method is a probabilistic approach that iteratively refines the selection of the optimal montage on the basis of previous results. To determine the suitability of this approach for tDCS simulation, we compared it with random search, which randomly selects montages, and greedy search, which, considers all candidates. Next, the conditions in the greedy search were used as the initial conditions for BOHB for fast learning. The objective function of tDCS optimization was set to maximize the average electric field norm (|E|) in the region of interest (ROI), which is the motor area (M1) and left dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex.ResultsThe BOHB method performed better than the conventional random search for the same number of iterations in both ROIs. For M1, the iteration index yielding the maximum evaluation metric in each trial was statistically smaller in the BOHB method than in the random search (p < 0.0001). Regarding the normalized |E|, the BOHB method showed a higher normalized |E| than did the random search for the M1 region.ConclusionsThe BOHB method performed better than did the random search approach. Thus, the BOHB method is feasible for tDCS optimization and can be used as an optimal stimulation montage seeker by fine-tuning some control parameters.Copyright © 2024 International Neuromodulation Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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