Near- and far-fields: Source characteristics and the conducting medium in neurophysiology

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 429-442

  Stegeman, Dick F ^a   Dumitru, Daniel ^b   King, John C ^b   Roeleveld, Karin ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioelectric sources; Far field potentials; Modeling; Near field potentials; Volume conduction

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONDUCTANCE; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; EVOKED RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; MORPHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLARIZATION; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION;

EID: 0031401931     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199709000-00009     Document Type: Article

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