title: Estimating cortical potentials from scalp EEG's in a realistically shaped inhomogeneous head model by means of the boundary element method.
abstract: Cortical potentials are estimated from scalp potentials using a realistically shaped inhomogeneous head model, by means of the boundary element method (BEM). A new adaptive algorithm has been developed to achieve high accuracy to link directly the cortical potentials to the scalp potentials in a realistically shaped inhomogeneous head model including the thin low-conductivity skull layer. Computer simulations using a concentric three-spheres head model have tested this approach. The present study demonstrates that the cortical potentials can be directly estimated from the scalp potentials using the BEM in a realistically shaped inhomogeneous head model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Illinois, Chicago 60607, USA. bhe@uic.edu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D008959:Models, Neurological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D012535:Scalp / Q000502:physiology; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted