Volume conduction effects in EEG and MEG

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 522-534

  Van Den Broek, S P ^a   Reinders, F ^a   Donderwinkel, M ^a   Peters, M J ^a  

^a Faculty of Applied Physics   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; EEG; Holes; MEG; Ventricles; Volume conduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKULL;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SKULL;

EID: 0031831870     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(97)00147-8     Document Type: Article

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