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  • Neuroscience
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Signal Processing

Background:

  • Accurate electro-encephalogram (EEG) source reconstruction is complex due to factors like source configuration, temporal dynamics, noise, and inverse methods.
  • Quantifying EEG's spatial resolution is challenging due to the multitude of influencing factors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To define and quantify the spatial resolution of EEG using numerical simulations.
  • To assess the impact of noise and inter-dipole distance on source reconstruction accuracy.
  • To evaluate the necessity of spatial pre-whitening in EEG source analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Numerical simulations of two dipolar sources with realistic waveforms and varying inter-dipole distances.
  • Inclusion of realistic noise with different signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs).
  • Application of spatial pre-whitening to simulated data and leadfield prior to inverse modeling using two-dipole fit, sc-MUSIC, and sc-eLORETA.

Main Results:

  • Introduced 'separability' as a measure for EEG spatial resolution.
  • Demonstrated that two sources are separable in realistic noise (SNR up to 3) if they are 11 mm or farther apart.
  • Spatial pre-whitening was identified as a mandatory preprocessing step for accurate source reconstruction, regardless of the inverse method used.

Conclusions:

  • Separability is a valid metric for quantifying EEG spatial resolution.
  • Optimal EEG source reconstruction necessitates spatial pre-whitening as a critical preprocessing step, especially in the presence of noise.