Magnetoencephalography for clinical pediatrics: The effect of head positioning on measurement of somatosensory-evoked fields

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1923-1933

  Gaetz, W ^a,b   Otsubo, H ^a,c   Pang, E W ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confidence volume; Equivalent current dipole (ECD); Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Pediatrics; Somatosensory evoked fields (SEFs)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIPOLE; EPILEPSY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 45849138507     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.04.291     Document Type: Article

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