Localization of the epileptic focus by low-resolution electromagnetic tomography in patients with a lesion demonstrated by MRI

Brain Topography

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 273-282

  Worrell, Gregory A ^a   Lagerlund, Terrence D ^a   Sharbrough, Frank W ^a   Brinkmann, Benjamin H ^a   Busacker, Neil E ^a   Cicora, Kathleen M ^a   O'Brien, Terence J ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b N Clinical Research Centre Epping   (Australia)

Author keywords

EEG source reconstruction; Epilepsy; Frequency analysis; Inverse solutions; LORETA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033943211     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023407521772     Document Type: Article

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