A Method for Monitoring Autonomic Nervous Activity by Pupillary Flash Response

Systems and Computers in Japan

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 22-31

  Yamaji, Kazutsuna ^a   Hirata, Yutaka ^b   Usui, Shiro ^a  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Biomechanical model; Iris dilator; Iris sphincter; Pupil; Range non linearity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002466765     PISSN: 08821666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-684X(200004)31:4<22::AID-SCJ3>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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