A Method to Estimate Local Skull Resistance in Living Subjects

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-34, Issue 11, 1987, Pages 902-904

  Nunez, Paul L ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS, DIPOLE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - MEASUREMENTS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

DIPOLE-LIKE SOURCE IN THE BRAIN; LOCAL SKULL RESISTANCE; SOURCE AND SURFACE POTENTIAL; SURFACE POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

ELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS;

BRAIN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BRAIN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; SKULL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0023526307     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1987.326104     Document Type: Article

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