Extensible biosignal (EBS) file format: Simple method for EEG data exchange

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 426-431

  Hellmann, Gunther ^a   Kuhn, Markus ^a   Prosch, Markus ^a   Spreng, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biosignal data format; Computer tools; Data compression; EEG analysis; Standardization of archival formats

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0030265765     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(96)96502-5     Document Type: Article

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