The resolution-field concept

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 326-334

  Lutkenhoner B ^a   Grave De Peralta Menendez, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Backus Gilbert theory; Electroencephalography; Magnetoencephalography; Maximum likelihood estimation; Minimum norm estimation; Resolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIPOLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 0342813062     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(96)96590-6     Document Type: Article

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