Evaluation of multiple-sphere head models for MEG source localization

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 5621-5635

  Lalancette, M ^a   Quraan, M ^b   Cheyne, D ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ERRORS; BEAM FORMERS; FIELD ERRORS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FITTING METHOD; HEAD MODEL; INVERSE TECHNIQUES; LIMITED INFORMATION; MODELING EFFECTS; NOVEL METHODS; REALISTIC HEAD MODELS; REALISTIC MODEL; RELATIVE ACCURACY; SOURCE ANALYSIS; SOURCE LOCALIZATION; SOURCE LOCATION; SPHERE MODEL; SPHERICAL CONDUCTORS; SPHERICAL MODELS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BRAIN MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

SPHERES;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 80052043191     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/17/010     Document Type: Article

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