EEG source localization in focal epilepsy: Where are we now?

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-218

  Plummer, Chris ^a,b   Harvey, A Simon ^b,c   Cook, Mark ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dipole; Distributed; Electroencephalography; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetoencephalography; Source modeling

Indexed keywords

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL STUDY; DENSITY; DIPOLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FITNESS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPIKE;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 38649116354     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01381.x     Document Type: Review

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