Scalp field maps and their characterization

König, Thomas; Gianotti, Lorena R R (2009). Scalp field maps and their characterization. In: Michel, Christoph M; König, Thomas; Brandeis, Daniel; Gianotti, Lorena R R; Wackermann, Jiří (eds.) Electrical Neuroimaging (pp. 25-48). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 10.1017/CBO9780511596889.003

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The present chapter gives a comprehensive introduction into the display and quantitative characterization of scalp field data. After introducing the construction of scalp field maps, different interpolation methods, the effect of the recording reference and the computation of spatial derivatives are discussed. The arguments raised in this first part have important implications for resolving a potential ambiguity in the interpretation of differences of scalp field data.

In the second part of the chapter different approaches for comparing scalp field data are described. All of these comparisons can be interpreted in terms of differences of intracerebral sources either in strength, or in location and orientation in a nonambiguous way.

In the present chapter we only refer to scalp field potentials, but mapping also can be used to display other features, such as power or statistical values. However, the rules for comparing and interpreting scalp field potentials might not apply to such data.

Generic form of scalp field data

Electroencephalogram (EEG) and event-related potential (ERP) recordings consist of one value for each sample in time and for each electrode. The recorded EEG and ERP data thus represent a two-dimensional array, with one dimension corresponding to the variable “time” and the other dimension corresponding to the variable “space” or electrode. Table 2.1 shows ERP measurements over a brief time period. The ERP data (averaged over a group of healthy subjects) were recorded with 19 electrodes during a visual paradigm. The parietal midline Pz electrode has been used as the reference electrode.

Item Type:	Book Section (Book Chapter)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy > Psychiatric Neurophysiology [discontinued]
UniBE Contributor:	König, Thomas, König, Thomas
ISBN:	978-0-521-87979-8
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 15:12
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:22
Publisher DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511596889.003
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/31901 (FactScience: 196677)