Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting brain electric signal
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2006-03-09
2011-10-04
Mallari, Patricia (Department: 3735)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting brain electric signal
Reexamination Certificate
active
08032209
ABSTRACT:
Described herein is a non-invasive determination of locations of neural activity in a brain. In particular, methods and systems have been developed that utilize a FINES algorithm for use in three-dimensional (3-D) dipole source localization to locate neural activity in a brain.
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Xu, X.-L., et al., &
He Bin
Xu Bobby
Xu Xiaoling
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
Jang Christian
Mallari Patricia
Regents of the University of Minnesota
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
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