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Lensless Fluorescent Microscopy on a Chip

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Published on: August 17, 2011

Concentration maximization and local basis expansions (LBEX) for linear inverse problems.

Partha P Mitra¹, Hiren Maniar

¹Department of Neuroscience, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA. mitra@cshl.edu

IEEE Transactions on Bio-Medical Engineering

|September 1, 2006

Summary

This study links linear inverse problems in EEG/MEG and geophysics to physical principles. It develops a novel method to understand fundamental resolution limits by analyzing spatial Fourier transforms and uncertainty principles.

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Published on: August 17, 2011

Area of Science:

Biomedical engineering
Geophysics
Applied mathematics

Background:

Linear inverse problems are common in electroencephalography (EEG), magnetoencephalography (MEG), and geophysics.
The relationship between sensors and sources in these problems is often modeled using Green's functions, but this is obscured in discretized matrix representations.
This lack of clarity has hindered a fundamental understanding of resolution limits.

Purpose of the Study:

To connect linear inverse problems to spatial Fourier analysis and uncertainty principles.
To provide a deeper physical understanding of resolution limits in EEG, MEG, and geophysics.
To develop a method for constructing local basis sets for improved source localization.

Main Methods:

Relating the inverse problem to spatial Fourier analysis.
Applying uncertainty principles to define resolution limits.
Utilizing concepts from spectral concentration and multitaper spectral analysis.
Constructing local basis sets via maximally concentrated linear combinations of measurement kernels.

Main Results:

Established conceptual links between inverse problems, Fourier analysis, and physical uncertainty principles.
Provided a framework for understanding the fundamental resolution limits inherent in these problems.
Developed a novel approach to construct localized basis sets for analyzing source distributions.

Conclusions:

The study offers a physically grounded perspective on resolution limits in linear inverse problems.
The developed methods enhance the understanding and potential analysis of source localization in EEG, MEG, and geophysics.
This work bridges mathematical treatments with underlying physical principles for improved interpretability.