Sensitivity distributions of EEG and MEG measurements

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 196-208

  Malmivuo, Jaakko ^a   Suihko, Veikko ^a   Eskola, Hannu ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioelectromagnetism; electroencephalography; magnetoencephalography

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MAGNETOMETERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SQUIDS;

HALF SENSITIVITY VOLUME; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; MODEL;

ANISOTROPY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL;

EID: 0031106901     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.554766     Document Type: Article

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