A trilinear immersed finite element method for solving the electroencephalography forward problem

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2379-2394

  Vallaghé, Sylvain ^a   Papadopoulo, Théodore ^a  

^a INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography forward problem; Immersed finite element; Interface problem

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CARTESIAN MESH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY FORWARD PROBLEM; ELLIPTIC INTERFACE PROBLEMS; FINITE ELEMENT SPACE; FORWARD PROBLEM; HEAD GEOMETRY; IMMERSED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMMERSED FINITE ELEMENTS; INTERFACE PROBLEMS; LEVEL SET;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

EID: 77955680291     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/09075038X     Document Type: Article

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