A High-Order Discretization Scheme for Surface Integral Equations for Analyzing the Electroencephalography Forward Problem

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Autori principali: Chen, Rui, Giunzioni, Viviana, Merlini, Adrien, Andriulli, Francesco P.
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author Chen, Rui
Giunzioni, Viviana
Merlini, Adrien
Andriulli, Francesco P.
author_facet Chen, Rui
Giunzioni, Viviana
Merlini, Adrien
Andriulli, Francesco P.
contents A Nystrom-based high-order (HO) discretization scheme for surface integral equations (SIEs) for analyzing the electroencephalography (EEG) forward problem is proposed in this work. We use HO surface elements and interpolation functions for the discretization of the interfaces of the head volume and the unknowns on the elements, respectively. The advantage of this work over existing isoparametric HO discretization schemes resides in the fact that the interpolation points are different from the mesh nodes, allowing for the flexible manipulation of the order of the basis functions without regenerating the mesh of the interfaces. Moreover, the interpolation points are chosen from the quadrature rules with the same number of points on the elements simplifying the numerical computation of the surface integrals for the far-interaction case. In this contribution, we extend the implementation of the HO discretization scheme to the double-layer and the adjoint double-layer formulations, as well as to the isolated-skull-approach for the double-layer formulation and to the indirect adjoint double-layer formulation, employed to improve the solution accuracy in case of high conductivity contrast models, which requires the development of different techniques for the singularity treatment. Numerical experiments are presented to demonstrate the accuracy, flexibility, and efficiency of the proposed scheme for the four SIEs for analyzing the EEG forward problem.
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spellingShingle A High-Order Discretization Scheme for Surface Integral Equations for Analyzing the Electroencephalography Forward Problem
Chen, Rui
Giunzioni, Viviana
Merlini, Adrien
Andriulli, Francesco P.
Numerical Analysis
Mathematical Physics
Biological Physics
A Nystrom-based high-order (HO) discretization scheme for surface integral equations (SIEs) for analyzing the electroencephalography (EEG) forward problem is proposed in this work. We use HO surface elements and interpolation functions for the discretization of the interfaces of the head volume and the unknowns on the elements, respectively. The advantage of this work over existing isoparametric HO discretization schemes resides in the fact that the interpolation points are different from the mesh nodes, allowing for the flexible manipulation of the order of the basis functions without regenerating the mesh of the interfaces. Moreover, the interpolation points are chosen from the quadrature rules with the same number of points on the elements simplifying the numerical computation of the surface integrals for the far-interaction case. In this contribution, we extend the implementation of the HO discretization scheme to the double-layer and the adjoint double-layer formulations, as well as to the isolated-skull-approach for the double-layer formulation and to the indirect adjoint double-layer formulation, employed to improve the solution accuracy in case of high conductivity contrast models, which requires the development of different techniques for the singularity treatment. Numerical experiments are presented to demonstrate the accuracy, flexibility, and efficiency of the proposed scheme for the four SIEs for analyzing the EEG forward problem.
title A High-Order Discretization Scheme for Surface Integral Equations for Analyzing the Electroencephalography Forward Problem
topic Numerical Analysis
Mathematical Physics
Biological Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04845