Differences in MEG/EEC epileptic spike yields explained by regional differences in signal-to-noise ratios

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-158

  De Jongh, Arent ^a   De Munck, Jan Casper ^a   Gonçalves, Sónia I ^a   Ossenblok, Pauly ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; MEG; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEOCORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKULL; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ACTION POTENTIAL; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

EID: 16844372339     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.WNP.0000158947.68733.51     Document Type: Article

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