EEG human head modelling based on heterogeneous tissue conductivity

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-240

  Wen, Peng ^a   Li, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

EEG; Human head model; Realistic head model; Tissue conductivity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE CULTURE;

HUMAN HEAD MODELLING; TISSUE CONDUCTIVITY;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

EID: 33750181893     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178571     Document Type: Article

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