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We discuss a model for the dynamics of the primary current density vector field within the grey matter of human brain. The model is based on a linear damped wave equation, driven by a stochastic term. By employing a realistically shaped average brain model and an estimate of the matrix which maps the primary currents distributed over grey matter to the electric potentials at the surface of the head, the model can be put into relation with recordings of the electroencephalogram (EEG). Through this step it becomes possible to employ EEG recordings for the purpose of estimating the primary current density vector field, i.e. finding a solution of the inverse problem of EEG generation. As a technique for inferring the unobserved high-dimensional primary current density field from EEG data of much lower dimension, a linear state space modelling approach is suggested, based on a generalisation of Kalman filtering, in combination with maximum-likelihood parameter estimation. The resulting algorithm for estimating dynamical solutions of the EEG inverse problem is applied to the task of localising the source of an epileptic spike from a clinical EEG data set; for comparison, we apply to the same task also a non-dynamical standard algorithm.
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The work reported in this paper was supported by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) through fellowship ID No. P 03059 and grants KIBAN B No. 173000922301 and WAKATE B No. 197002710002. The first author is grateful to Matthew Barton and Peter Robinson for useful discussions.
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Galka, A., Ozaki, T., Muhle, H. et al. A data-driven model of the generation of human EEG based on a spatially distributed stochastic wave equation. Cognitive Neurodynamics 2, 101–113 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11571-008-9049-x
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