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The Effect of Electrode Size on Cortical EEG Sensitivity Distributions

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14th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics

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Abstract

We investigated the influence of electrode contact size on cortical electroencephalogram (EEG) sensitivity distributions. We focused this investigation on the fifth sensitivity volume (FSV) of mapping the lead field in the cortex. We evaluated the cortical sensitivity in concentric spheres and realistic models, using electrode diameters of 1 mm, 5 mm, 10 mm, and 15 mm. We found that when electrodes were spaced farther apart than the bipolar pair of the 128-channel montage, real dimensional electrodes should be used rather than point electrodes in the simulation studies.

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  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Korkeakoulunkatu 3, P.O. Box 692, FI-33101, Tampere, Finland

    Katrina Wendel & J. Malmivuo

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  1. Inst. of Biomedical Engineering and Nanotechnologies, Riga Technical University, Kalku street 1, Riga, LV-1658, Latvia

    Alexei Katashev  & Yuri Dekhtyar  & 

  2. Inst. of Atomic Physic and Spectroscopy, University of Latvia, Raina blvd. 19, Riga, LV-1586, Latvia

    Janis Spigulis

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Wendel, K., Malmivuo, J. (2008). The Effect of Electrode Size on Cortical EEG Sensitivity Distributions. In: Katashev, A., Dekhtyar, Y., Spigulis, J. (eds) 14th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 20. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69367-3_93

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