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The surface Boundary Element Method (BEM) is one of the most commonly employed formulations to solve the forward problem in electroencephalography, but the applicability of its classical incarnations is lamentably limited to piece-wise…
Source localization based on electroencephalography (EEG) has become a widely used neuroimagining technique. However its precision has been shown to be very dependent on how accurately the brain, head and scalp can be electrically modeled…
In this paper we present a new discretization strategy for the boundary element formulation of the Electroencephalography (EEG) forward problem. Boundary integral formulations, classically solved with the Boundary Element Method (BEM), are…
The electroencephalography (EEG) forward problem, the computation of the electric potential generated by a known electric current source configuration in the brain, is a key step of EEG source analysis. In this problem, it is often desired…
This work focuses on a quasi-linear-in-complexity strategy for a hybrid surface-wire integral equation solver for the electroencephalography forward problem. The scheme exploits a block diagonally dominant structure of the wire self block…
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Finite element methods have been shown to achieve high accuracies in numerically solving the EEG forward problem and they enable the realistic modeling of complex geometries and important conductive features such as anisotropic…
Human brain activity generates scalp potentials (electroencephalography EEG), intracranial potentials (iEEG), and external magnetic fields (magnetoencephalography MEG), all capable of being recorded, often simultaneously, for use in…
Source analysis of Electroencephalography (EEG) data requires the computation of the scalp potential induced by current sources in the brain. This so-called EEG forward problem is based on an accurate estimation of the volume conduction…
Objective: The subtraction approach is known for being a theoretically-rigorous and accurate technique for solving the forward problem in electroencephalography by means of the finite element method. One key aspect of this approach consists…
In order to perform electroencephalography (EEG) source reconstruction, i.e., to localize the sources underlying a measured EEG, the electric potential distribution at the electrodes generated by a dipolar current source in the brain has to…
The quality of the inverse approach in electroencephalography (EEG) source analysis is - among other things - depending on the accuracy of the forward modeling approach, i.e., the simulation of the electric potential for a known dipole…
A Nystrom-based high-order (HO) discretization scheme for surface integral equations (SIEs) for analyzing the electroencephalography (EEG) forward problem is proposed in this work. We use HO surface elements and interpolation functions for…
Invasive intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) or electrocorticography (ECoG) measures electric potential directly on the surface of the brain and can be used to inform treatment planning for epilepsy surgery. Combined with numerical…
The symmetric formulation of the electroencephalography (EEG) forward problem is a well-known and widespread equation thanks to the high level of accuracy that it delivers. However, this equation is first kind in nature and gives rise to…
Electrocorticography (ECoG) or intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) monitors electric potential directly on the surface of the brain and can be used to inform treatment planning for epilepsy surgery when paired with numerical…
High-density electroencephalography (HD-EEG) enables fine-grained measurement of cortical activity but requires expensive hardware and lengthy setup times, limiting its clinical and research accessibility. We propose EMAG (EEG Mixture of…
Inter subject variability of the electrical conductivity of brain, skull and skin strongly limits the accuracy by which current sources underlying electro-encephalography (EEG) can be localized in the brain. This inter subject variability…
The boundary element method (BEM) is an efficient numerical method for simulating harmonic wave propagation. It uses boundary integral formulations of the Helmholtz equation at the interfaces of piecewise homogeneous domains. The…
Electroencephalography (EEG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG) are pivotal in understanding brain activity but are limited by their poor spatial resolution. EEG/MEG source imaging (ESI) infers the high-resolution electric field distribution…