Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 120, Issue 11 , Pages 1958-1970 , November 2009

MEG’s ability to localise accurately weak transient neural sources

  • Christos Papadelis

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Human Brain Dynamics, Brain Science Institute (BSI), RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
    • Laboratory of Functional Neuroimaging, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Via delle Regole 101, 38060 Mattarello (TN), Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Laboratory of Functional Neuroimaging, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Via delle Regole 101, 38060 Mattarello (TN), Italy. Tel.: +39 0461 88 2779; fax: +39 0461 88 3066.
    • ,
  • Vahe Poghosyan

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Human Brain Dynamics, AAI Scientific Cultural Services Ltd., Office 501, Galaxias Building Block A, 33 Arch. Makarios III Avenue, 1065, Nicosia, Cyprus
    • Laboratory for Human Brain Dynamics, Brain Science Institute (BSI), RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
    • ,
  • Peter B.C. Fenwick

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Human Brain Dynamics, Brain Science Institute (BSI), RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
    • ,
  • Andreas A. Ioannides

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Human Brain Dynamics, Brain Science Institute (BSI), RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
    • Laboratory for Human Brain Dynamics, AAI Scientific Cultural Services Ltd., Office 501, Galaxias Building Block A, 33 Arch. Makarios III Avenue, 1065, Nicosia, Cyprus

,Accepted 31 August 2009.

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