The impact of inhomogeneous tissue anisotropy on potential distribution within head model

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 115-118

  Wen, Peng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; EEG; Head model; Inhomogeneity

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

HEAD TISSUE;

TISSUE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEAD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SCALP; SIGNAL DETECTION; SKULL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

EID: 0242552142     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178780     Document Type: Article

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