Research Article

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

Table 3

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

FWHM
xyzRMS
FDMBEMSPHFDMBEMSPHFDMBEMSPHFDMBEMSPH

166.357.775.75573.78073.161.871.672.2361.3868.81
268.254.181.15976.882.461.281.180.262.2054.6280.19
36597.697.677.270.354.892.5114.473.969.90100.4166.67
460.187.541.981.572.140.4105.7109.354.572.4978.0946.02
56377.578.458.777.679.457.383.073.857.8978.8177.27
670.459.970.359.578.769.961.654.173.365.9262.2667.84
767.457.471.375.491.579.660.363.663.469.2965.5968.98
868.561.995.368.890.585.866.760.086.284.3363.7177.90
971.889.077.783.285.399.664.176.887.285.6471.6980.72
1068.386.680.772.584.096.167.590.380.183.1673.2282.23
1170.571.464.575.278.588.566.982.475.777.0969.6569.81
126579.668.675.379.391.361.860.976.877.8871.2466.83
1372.249.690.666.976.0100.463.290.386.968.4786.6094.13
1474.158.989.566.183.299.068.359.485.681.9061.4491.65
1572.158.482.56378.387.170.563.177.878.1661.5681.94
1667.862.076.560.278.477.558.177.673.275.1863.6076.06
1750.989.378.962.733.768.56384.074.251.5582.7267.74
1860.274.475.158.470.179.358.277.673.756.9974.4175.06
1958.367.279.470.375.982.160.478.874.363.5277.1778.88
2064.678.88071.277.181.665.878.576.276.1772.6479.15
2173.764.089.764.186.298.768.789.983.468.5660.9888.92
2271.852.587.666.885.695.258.487.78267.0385.3987.55
2371.158.885.665.980.195.669.686.18479.2163.4889.28
2469.279.188.271.481.998.366.158.284.669.0263.0788.12
2569.192.196.379.566.881.571.269.48169.4173.5593.01
2662.079.089.368.166.163.760.497.276.561.5576.1073.57

Mean67.070.980.568.376.882.966.978.377.371.071.377.6
± SD 5.4 14.0 11.7 7.7 10.9 14.6 10.6 15.6 7.4 8.8 10.3 10.8