Title : 
A Source Identification Problem for the Electrical Activity of Brain |During Hand Movement
         
        
            Author : 
Barba, P. Di ; Freschi, F. ; Mognaschi, M.E. ; Pichiecchio, A. ; Repetto, M. ; Savini, A. ; Vultaggio, A.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A field source reconstruction of the dipoles modeling the activated area of the brain, while a subject performs the task of the voluntary motion of the hand, is solved. Experimental data resulting from fMRI are used for constraining the position of the equivalent dipole.
         
        
            Keywords : 
bioelectric potentials; biomedical MRI; electroencephalography; medical signal processing; neurophysiology; brain electrical activity; dipole field source reconstruction; equivalent dipole position; fMRI; hand movement; source identification problem; voluntary dipole motion; Benchmark testing; Brain modeling; Electric potential; Electrodes; Electroencephalography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Scalp; Brain modeling; inverse problems; optimization methods;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TMAG.2010.2072912