A feasibility study for imaging of epileptic seizures by EIT using a realistic FEM of the head

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3874-3877

  Fabrizi, L ^a   Horesh, L ^a   McEwan, A ^a   Holde, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical impedance tomography; Epilepsy; Finite element mesh; Modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BRAIN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; MODELS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

3D FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; CONDUCTIVITY CHANGES; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FINITE ELEMENT MESHES; PHYSIOLOGICAL NOISE; SAFETY REGULATIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77954666615     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: 14339277     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-36841-0_980     Document Type: Conference Paper

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