Research Article

Realistic and Spherical Head Modeling for EEG Forward Problem Solution: A Comparative Cortex-Based Analysis

Table 1

Summary of the mean PSF values for the realistic (BEM and FDM) and the sensor-fitted spherical (SPH) models, for sources 1 26 parallel to and orientations and for the RMS maps.

Mean PSF
y RMS
FDMBEMSPHFDMBEMSPHFDMBEMSPHFDMBEMSPH

10.760.740.820.740.760.830.650.750.710.710.750.79
20.660.670.750.610.640.780.520.770.650.580.700.73
30.570.660.690.550.570.460.460.800.490.480.690.56
40.510.610.460.550.560.440.520.780.350.470.660.42
50.670.710.770.640.710.80.550.800.650.600.740.74
60.750.740.80.740.740.820.640.770.70.700.750.78
70.60.570.660.580.630.620.520.690.440.560.640.58
80.610.560.740.550.620.680.560.700.530.570.630.66
90.70.730.80.650.650.810.610.780.680.640.720.77
100.720.710.810.660.690.810.590.810.70.640.740.78
110.770.750.80.750.760.830.650.790.690.710.770.78
120.760.730.790.720.740.810.60.810.660.700.760.76
130.740.720.830.690.720.830.660.810.730.690.750.80
140.750.690.830.70.720.830.660.780.730.690.740.80
150.760.720.820.730.740.840.660.780.720.700.750.80
160.760.760.830.740.770.850.660.830.730.700.790.81
170.630.720.770.70.540.830.470.810.630.580.700.75
180.680.740.780.70.570.830.530.810.670.620.720.76
190.740.740.820.730.750.830.660.820.710.700.770.79
200.740.750.80.720.710.820.640.740.680.690.730.77
210.720.680.80.650.700.820.630.800.680.650.730.77
220.720.720.820.680.700.830.630.800.690.660.750.79
230.750.720.830.710.740.840.650.790.740.680.760.80
240.730.660.820.730.740.830.630.770.730.680.730.80
250.640.700.770.640.640.760.570.700.620.590.680.73
260.60.640.720.590.650.640.520.770.550.550.690.64

Mean0.690.700.770.670.680.770.590.780.650.640.720.74
± SD 0.07 0.05 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.11 0.06 0.04 0.10 0.07 0.04 0.09