The influence of conductivity changes in boundary element compartments on the forward and inverse problem in electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 150-157

  Haueisen, Jens ^a   Bottner A ^b   Nowak, H ^b   Brauer, H ^b   Weiller, C ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

BEM; Boundary element method; Conductivity; EEG; MEG

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BRAIN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NEUROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION;

EID: 0345034529     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmte.1999.44.6.150     Document Type: Article

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