Magnetoencephalography theory, instrumentation, and applications to noninvasive studies of the working human brain

Reviews of Modern Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 413-497

  Hämäläinen, Matti ^a   Hari, Riitta ^a   Ilmoniemi, Risto J ^a   Knuutila, Jukka ^a   Lounasmaa, Olli V ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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EID: 26244462082     PISSN: 00346861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.65.413     Document Type: Article

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