Influence of tissue conductivity changes on the EEG signal in the human brain - A simulation study

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-112

  Jochmann, Thomas ^a,b   Güllmar, Daniel ^a   Haueisen, Jens ^b   Reichenbach, Jürgen R ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG; Electric Conductivity Tensor; Ischemia; Tissue Anisotropy; Vasogenic Edema

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; SIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79959221009     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: 18764436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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