EEG source analysis of epileptiform activity using a 1 mm anisotropic hexahedra finite element head model

NeuroImage

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 399-410

  Rullmann, M ^a   Anwander, A ^a   Dannhauer, M ^a   Warfield, S K ^b   Duffy, F H ^c   Wolters, C H ^d,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging; Finite element method; Goal function scan; Minimum norm least squares; Presurgical epilepsy diagnosis; Source analysis; Spatio temporal dipole modeling; Standardized low resolution electromagnetic tomography; Surface and intra cranial EEG; Tissue conductivity anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56349133955     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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