MEG forward problem formulation using equivalent surface current densities

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1210-1217

  Von Ellenrieder, Nicolás ^a   Muravchik, Carlos H ^a,c,d   Nehorai, Arye ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^c Industrial Electronics Control and Instrumentation Laboratory (LEICI)   (Argentina)

^d Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

BEM; Current density; Forward problem; MEG

Indexed keywords

HEAD GEOMETRY; LAYERED HEAD MODEL; SURFACE CURRENT DENSITY; VOLUMETRIC CURRENTS;

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CURRENT DENSITY; DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GEOMETRY; HEAD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VOLUMETRIC CURRENT; VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 21844451645     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2005.847549     Document Type: Article

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