Towards the utilization of EEG as a brain imaging tool.
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_2C660AAF6589
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
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Publications
Institution
Title
Towards the utilization of EEG as a brain imaging tool.
Journal
Neuroimage
ISSN
1095-9572 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1053-8119
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2012
Volume
61
Number
2
Pages
371-385
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; ReviewPublication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Recent advances in signal analysis have engendered EEG with the status of a true brain mapping and brain imaging method capable of providing spatio-temporal information regarding brain (dys)function. Because of the increasing interest in the temporal dynamics of brain networks, and because of the straightforward compatibility of the EEG with other brain imaging techniques, EEG is increasingly used in the neuroimaging community. However, the full capability of EEG is highly underestimated. Many combined EEG-fMRI studies use the EEG only as a spike-counter or an oscilloscope. Many cognitive and clinical EEG studies use the EEG still in its traditional way and analyze grapho-elements at certain electrodes and latencies. We here show that this way of using the EEG is not only dangerous because it leads to misinterpretations, but it is also largely ignoring the spatial aspects of the signals. In fact, EEG primarily measures the electric potential field at the scalp surface in the same way as MEG measures the magnetic field. By properly sampling and correctly analyzing this electric field, EEG can provide reliable information about the neuronal activity in the brain and the temporal dynamics of this activity in the millisecond range. This review explains some of these analysis methods and illustrates their potential in clinical and experimental applications.
Keywords
Brain/anatomy & histology, Brain Mapping/instrumentation, Brain Mapping/methods, Electroencephalography/methods, Electroencephalography/trends, Epilepsy/diagnosis, Epilepsy/pathology, Humans, Mental Disorders/diagnosis, Mental Disorders/pathology, Nervous System Diseases/diagnosis, Nervous System Diseases/pathology, Neural Pathways/anatomy & histology, Neural Pathways/physiology, Neuroimaging/methods, Neuroimaging/trends
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Web of science
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