ASCENT: Automated Simulations to Characterize Electrical Nerve Thresholds

User support: nikki.pelot@duke.edu

Funding: NIH SPARC OT2 OD025340

ASCENT is an open source platform for simulating peripheral nerve stimulation. For more information, see the ASCENT documentation: https://wmglab-duke-ascent.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Cite both the paper and the DOI for the release of the repository used for your work. We encourage you to clone the most recent commit of the repository.

• Cite the paper:

  Musselman, E. D., Cariello, J. E., Grill, W. M., & Pelot, N. A. (2021). ASCENT (Automated Simulations to Characterize Electrical Nerve Thresholds): A pipeline for sample-specific computational modeling of electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves. PLOS Computational Biology, 17(9), e1009285. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009285

• Cite the code (use the DOI for the version of code used):

  Musselman, E. D., Cariello, J. E., Grill, W. M., & Pelot, N. A. (2023). wmglab-duke/ascent: ASCENT v1.3.1 (v1.3.1) [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.TBD.

The copyrights of this software are owned by Duke University. As such, two licenses for this software are offered:

1. An open-source license under the GPLv2 license for non-commercial use (See LICENSE).

2. A custom license with Duke University, for commercial use or for use without the GPLv2 license restrictions.

As a recipient of this software, you may choose which license to receive the code under. Outside contributions to the Duke-owned code base cannot be accepted unless the contributor transfers the copyright to those changes over to Duke University.

To enter a custom license agreement without the GPLv2 license restrictions, please contact the Digital Innovations department at Duke Office for Translation & Commercialization (https://olv.duke.edu/software/) at olvquestions@duke.edu with reference to "OTC File No. 7483" in your email.

Please note that this software is distributed AS IS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; and without the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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