Models of the human brain and the surrounding media: Their influence on the reliability of source localization

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 381-390

  Fender, Derek H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Homogeneous sphere model; Source localization; Spherical three shell model

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MODEL; REVIEW;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0026043186     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199110000-00003     Document Type: Article

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