Evaluation of Boundary Element Methods for the EEG Forward Problem: Effect of Linear Interpolation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 52-58

  Schlitt, Heidi A ^a   Heller, Leon ^a   Aaron, Ronald ^b   Best, Elaine ^a   Ranken, Douglas M ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTEGRATION; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CENTER OF GRAVITY; CONSTANT POTENTIAL; FORWARD PROBLEMS; SPHERE HEAD MODEL;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BODY SURFACE AREA; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEAD; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0028944737     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.362919     Document Type: Article

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