Validating the boundary element method for forward and inverse EEG computations in the presence of a hole in the skull

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-192

  Oostenveld, Robert ^a,b   Oostendorp, Thom F ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BEM; EEG; ERP; FDM; Inverse modeling; Skull conductivity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SKULL; SKULL INJURY; SKULL SURGERY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKULL;

EID: 0036828870     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.10061     Document Type: Article

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