Influence of skull anisotropy for the forward and inverse problem in EEG: Simulation studies using FEM on realistic head models

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 250-269

  Marin, Gildas ^a,b   Guerin, Christophe ^c   Baillet, Sylvain ^a,b   Garnero, Line ^a,b   Meunier, Gérard ^d  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^c ALTAIR ENGINEERING   (United States)

^d LABORATOIRE D ELECTROTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropic conductivity; EEG; FEM; Forward problem; Inverse problem

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SKULL;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCALP; SKULL;

EID: 0031904246     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0193(1998)6:4<250::AID-HBM5>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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