Improved Method for Computation of Potentials in a Realistic Head Shape Model

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 1094-1104

  Fletcher, Daniel J ^a,b   Amir, Avner ^b,c   Jewett, Don L ^c   Fein, George ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Abratech Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; THEOREM PROVING;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DIPOLE SOURCE PARAMETERS; LEAD FIELD ANALYSIS ALGORITHM; RECIPROCITY THEOREM;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HEAD; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029394741     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.469376     Document Type: Article

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