Inverse localization of electric dipole current sources in finite element models of the human head

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 267-278

  Buchner, Helmut ^a   Knoll, Gunter ^b   Fuchs, Manfred ^c   Rienäcker, Adrian ^b   Beckmann, Rainer ^a   Wagner, Michael ^c   Silny, Jiri ^d   Pesch, Jörg ^d  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Combinatorial optimization; Finite element method; Inverse source localization; Simulated annealing; Spatial regularization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIPOLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030976577     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(96)95698-9     Document Type: Article

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