An analytic method is presented to estimate the evolution
of electrical charge distribution inside the human brain
related to the evoked potentials observed on the head surface.
A three-layered concentric spherical human head model is
adopted to express the relation between the observed potentials
on the head surface and the spatial charge distribution inside
the brain. In this context an integral equation associated with
the three-layered concentric head model Green’s function is
employed. Assuming the electric potentials are measured on the
head surface, the charge distributions inside the human brain
are computed by solving an inverse problem. To this end the
Green’s function integral equation is inverted by using an algebraic
reconstruction technique widely employed in X-ray tomography
imaging. The accuracy of the proposed technique is
examined by employing computer simulations and by checking
the self-consistency of the developed algorithm.
Θέμα:Medicine, Medical technology, Ιατρική, Ιατρική τεχνολογία