The electroencephalogram through a software microscope: Non-invasive localization and visualization of epileptic seizure activity from inside the brain

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 134-149

  Kobayashi, K ^a,b   James, C J ^a   Yoshinaga, H ^b   Ohtsuka, Y ^b   Gotman, J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dipole; EEG; Localization related epilepsy; Non invasive analysis; Seizure activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIPOLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SEIZURE;

BRAIN; CALIBRATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; NEOCORTEX; SCALP; SEIZURES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0033990280     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00202-3     Document Type: Article

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