Improved dipole localization using local mesh refinement of realistic head geometries: An EEG simulation study

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-89

  Yvert, B ^a   Bertrand, O ^a   Echallier, J F ^a   Pernier, J ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Dipole model; Inverse problem; Local refinement; Realistic head models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIPOLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030200426     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-884X(96)95691-X     Document Type: Article

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