Exponential-type distribution of human muscle sympathetic nerve activity results in an automatic quantification method

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 627-637

  Celka, P ^a   Vetter, R ^a   Vesin, J M ^a   Pruvot, E ^b   Scherrer, U ^b  

^a Signal Processing Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Probability density function; Signal processing; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERONEAL NERVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0031797162     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(98)00014-6     Document Type: Article

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