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added definition of beamformer to the glossary (#6864)
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* added definition of beamformer to the glossary

* Glossary changes: definitions of beamformer and digitization
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Expand Up @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ general neuroimaging concepts. If you think a term is missing, please consider
object class and :ref:`tut-annotations`
for a tutorial on how to manipulate such objects.

Beamformer
Beamformer is a popular source estimation approach that uses a set of spatial filters (beamformer weights) to compute time courses of sources which coordinates are predefined. See :class:`mne.beamformer.Beamformer`.

BEM
BEM is the acronym for boundary element method or boundary element
model. Both are related to the forward model computation and more
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outer skull and outer skin (a.k.a. scalp) that define compartments
of tissues of the head. You can compute the BEM surfaces with
:func:`mne.bem.make_watershed_bem` or :func:`mne.bem.make_flash_bem`.
See :ref:`tut-forward` for usage demo.
See :ref:`tut-forward` for usage demo.

channels
Channels refer to MEG sensors, EEG electrodes or any extra electrode
or sensor such as EOG, ECG or sEEG, ECoG etc. Channels usually have
a type, such as gradiometer, and a unit, such as Tesla/Meter that
is used in the code base, e.g. for plotting.

Digitization
Digitization is a procedure of recording the headshape of a subject and the fiducial coils and/or eeg electrodes locations on the subject’s head. They are represented as a set of points in a 3D space. See :ref:`reading-dig-montages` and :ref:`dig-formats`.

dipole
See :term:`equivalent current dipole`.

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