Do optimal Dipoles obtained by the Dipole Tracing Method slways suggest true source locations?
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Scalp potentials generated by a concentrated electric source in the brain are very similar to potentials generated by an electric dipole at the source position. In this sense a concentrated source in the brain is modelled as an electric dipole. When the source is diffuse such a dipole which best approximates the scalp potential is called an optimal dipole. Its position is calculated by the Dipole Tracing Method based on a realistic head model with homogeneous electric conductivity. There are 2 major difficulties inherent in this method: (1) The low electric conductivity of the skull causes systematic shifts of the optimal dipole positions from the true positions of concentrated sources; (2) the optimal dipoles cannot specify diffuse source positions. The first difficulty is overcome by using the numerical correction obtained by comparing the known dipole positions generated within a human head with their optimal ones. The second difficulty is removed to a certain extent by comparing the optimal dipole positions obtained with the 1-dipole and 2-dipole models together with their dipolarity. We have obtained criteria for the validity of the dipole approximation and source concentration.
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Dipole tracing method Realistic head model Optimal dipole Dipole Subdural electrode Inhomogeneous conductivityPreview
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