@Article{RSM:Eic2014,
  author =       "S. Eichelbaum and M. Dannhauer and M. Hlawitschka and D.
                 Brooks and T.R. Knosche and G. Scheuermann",
  title =        "Visualizing simulated electrical fields from
                 electroencephalography and transcranial electric brain
                 stimulation: {A} comparative evaluation.",
  journal =      "Neuroimage",
  year =         "2014",
  month =        "Nov",
  volume =       "101",
  pages =        "513--530",
  robnote =      "Electrical activity of neuronal populations is a crucial
                 aspect of brain activity. This activity is not measured
                 directly but recorded as electrical potential changes
                 using head surface electrodes (electroencephalogram -
                 EEG). Head surface electrodes can also be deployed to
                 inject electrical currents in order to modulate brain
                 activity (transcranial electric stimulation techniques)
                 for therapeutic and neuroscientific purposes. In
                 electroencephalography and noninvasive electric brain
                 stimulation, electrical fields mediate between electrical
                 signal sources and regions of interest (ROI). These fields
                 can be very complicated in structure, and are influenced
                 in a complex way by the conductivity profile of the human
                 head. Visualization techniques play a central role to
                 grasp the nature of those fields because such techniques
                 allow for an effective conveyance of complex data and
                 enable quick qualitative and quantitative assessments. The
                 examination of volume conduction effects of particular
                 head model parameterizations (e.g., skull thickness and
                 layering), of brain anomalies (e.g., holes in the skull,
                 tumors), location and extent of active brain areas (e.g.,
                 high concentrations of current densities) and around
                 current injecting electrodes can be investigated using
                 visualization. Here, we evaluate a number of widely used
                 visualization techniques, based on either the potential
                 distribution or on the current-flow. In particular, we
                 focus on the extractability of quantitative and
                 qualitative information from the obtained images, their
                 effective integration of anatomical context information,
                 and their interaction. We present illustrative examples
                 from clinically and neuroscientifically relevant cases and
                 discuss the pros and cons of the various visualization
                 techniques.",
  bibdate =      "Sun Sep 21 22:31:24 2014",
  pmcid =        "PMC4172355"
}

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