Source Localization Head Shapes from External Measures

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Agency: Department of Health and Human Services	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 29581	Program Year/Program: 1995 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 29581	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: ABRATECH CORPORATION
ABRATECH CORPORATION 475 GATE 5 RD, STE 213 SAUSALITO, CA -
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Phase 1: Fiscal Year: 1995

Title: Source Localization Head Shapes from External Measures

Agency: HHS

Contract: 1 R43 MH52492-01A1,

Award Amount: $99,992.00

Abstract:
Our goal is to develop external head shape/skull parameter measurement techniques which will permitconstruction of Boundary Element Method (BEM) head shape models to improve Dipole Source Localizatioprocedures, useful in analyzing brain Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) and magnetoencephalograms (MEGtechniques would make electrophysiological imaging a potentially useful research and clinical tool wwide variety of human brain functions that are testable with cognitive-based ERPs as well as with seresponses from lower brain centers. In turn, this could affect diagnosis and/or treatment evaluationin schizophrenics, depressives, drug abusers, and Alzheimer's patients, among others. The Specific Ato develop the necessary techniques for a scalp-derived headshape-model and then compare the DSL resmodel, with a gold standard model constructed when additional detail of inner surfaces from the MRIComparisons will include both simulations and analysis of evoked response data.

Principal Investigator:
Don Jewett
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Abratech Corp.
475 Gate 5 Road, Suite 255 Sausalito, CA 94965

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