Neuromagnetic field strength outside the human head due to impedance changes from neuronal depolarization

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 365-378

  Ahadzi, G M ^a,b   Liston, A D ^a,b   Bayford, R H ^a,b   Holder, D S ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical impedance tomograpy; Magnetoencephalography; Neuronal depolarisation; SQUIDs

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOLLUSCS; NEURONS; SHELLFISH; SQUIDS; SUPERCONDUCTING COILS;

DETECTABILITY; ELECTRICAL IMPE DANCE TOMOGRAPHY (EIT); ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPY; FIELD STRENGTHS; HUMAN HEAD; ION CHANNEL; MAGNETIC-FIELD; NEURONAL DEPOLARIZATION; NEURONAL ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES;

BRAIN MAPPING;

CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 1342332808     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/25/1/040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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