Propagation of Interictal Epileptiform Activity Can Lead to Erroneous Source Localizations: A 128-Channel EEG Mapping Study

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 311-319

  Lantz, Göran ^a,b   Spinelli, Laurent ^a   Seeck, Margitta ^a   De Peralta Menendez, Rolando Grave ^a   Sottas, Cyrille C ^a   Michel, Christoph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b University Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

125 channel EEG; Analysis period; EPIFOCUS; Interictal; Source propagation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; SPIKE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0346158250     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200309000-00003     Document Type: Article

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