1. Continuous probabilistic solutions to the biomagnetic inverse problem
- Author
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C J S Clarke, J. P. R. Bolton, and A.A. Ioannides
- Subjects
Mathematical optimization ,Plane (geometry) ,Iterative method ,Applied Mathematics ,Probabilistic logic ,Inverse problem ,Computer Science Applications ,Theoretical Computer Science ,Noise ,Test case ,Bruit ,Signal Processing ,medicine ,Range (statistics) ,medicine.symptom ,Algorithm ,Mathematical Physics ,Mathematics - Abstract
A general method for obtaining continuous solutions to the biomagnetic inverse problem is outlined and illustrated with a wide range of test cases, in a variety of experimental geometries. Magnetic sources are discussed briefly, but the main emphasis is on ionic flows, both in free space and in a homogeneous conducting sphere. The authors describe a way of obtaining depth information from measurements taken in a single plane and show how instrumental noise affects the quality of the reconstructions. An iterative scheme is introduced, capable of pinpointing a number of localised sources with a minimum of prior assumptions. However, the method is most naturally adapted to distributed sources. A number of inversions of distributed sources demonstrate that the method is powerful, accurate and convenient.
- Published
- 1990