Imaging Regional Changes in the Spontaneous Activity of the Brain: An Extension of the Minimum-Norm Least-Squares Estimate

Abstract

A method has been developed to determine the distribution of average spontaneous neuronal activity across the cerebral cortex from measurements of the field pattern across the human scalp. Computations of the mean short-term power, as well as the covariance between pairs of sensors, provide sufficient information to obtain a best estimate for the distribution of mean short-term image current power, as well as the covariance of image current between different locations on cerebral cortex. This method has applications for determining the spatial locations of alpha power suppression as regions of cortex participate in sensory or cognitive functions.... Magnetic source imaging, MSI, Alpha rhythm, Magnetic inverse problem, Spontaneous brain activity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 20, 1993
Accession Number
ADA261593

Entities

People

  • Jia Z. Wang
  • Lloyd Kaufman
  • Samuel J. Williamson

Organizations

  • New York University

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Brain
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Classification
  • Cognition
  • Computations
  • Current Density
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Dipole Moments
  • Geometry
  • Gradiometers
  • Inverse Problems
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • New York
  • Observation Aircraft
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.