State transitions in physiologic systems: A complexity model for loss of consciousness

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1017-1023

  Cammarota Jr , Joseph P ^a,b   Onaral, Banu ^a  

^a M Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Consciousness; G LOC; Modeling; Percolation; State transitions

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

COMPLEXITY THEORY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE SIMULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL MODEL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ACCELERATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RETICULAR FORMATION; STRESS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0032147049     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.704870     Document Type: Article

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