Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of the expert EMG assistant MUNIN

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-144

  Andreassen, Steen ^a   Rosenfalck, Annelise ^a   Falck, Bjørn ^b   Olesen, Kristian G ^a   Andersen, Stig Kjær ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computer assisted diagnosis; Electromyography; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029943902     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-980X(95)00252-G     Document Type: Article

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