Neural network analysis of the EMG interference pattern

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-17

  Abel, E W ^a   Zacharia, P C ^a   Forster, A ^b   Farrow, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Dundee Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; EMG interference pattern; Frequency analysis; Small segments analysis; Turns analysis

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; RADIAL BASIS NETWORK; SELF ORGANIZING FEATURE MAPS; SMALL SEGMENTS ANALYSIS; TURNS ANALYSIS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030025925     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-4533(95)00032-1     Document Type: Article

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