Comparison of three-shell and simplified volume conductor models in magnetoencephalography

NeuroImage

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 337-348

  Stenroos, Matti ^a,b   Hunold, Alexander ^c   Haueisen, Jens ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Forward model; Magnetoencephalography; Source imaging; Spherical model

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANATOMIC MODEL; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY ELEMENT MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SKULL; SKULL BASE; THREE SHELL MODEL; TOPOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY; VOLUME CONDUCTOR MODEL; VOLUNTEER; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDUCTOMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVALUATION STUDY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDUCTOMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84900323168     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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