Influence of white matter anisotropic conductivity on EEG source localization: Comparison to fMRI in human primary visual cortex

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2071-2081

  Lee, Won Hee ^a   Liu, Zhongming ^a   Mueller, Bryon A ^b   Lim, Kelvin ^b   He, Bin ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

DT MRI; EEG; Finite element method; fMRI; Source localization; White matter anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449729388     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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