Computation of neuromagnetic fields using finite-element method and Biot-Savart law

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-26

  Van Den Broek, S P ^a   Zhou, H ^a   Peters, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biot Savart law; Finite element method; Forward problem; MEG; Volume conductor

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

BIOT-SAWART LAW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; MAGNETIC INDUCTION; NEUROMAGNETIC FIELDS; PROPER CONTINUITY CONDITIONS; VOLUME CONDUCTOR;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; DIPOLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; SKULL;

EID: 0030027037     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02637018     Document Type: Article

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