Automated sensory nerve conduction testing using fuzzy logic

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 425-434

  Gitter, Andrew ^a   Lin, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Expert Systems; Fuzzy Logic; Instrumentation; Neural Conduction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUZZY SETS; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC CLINICIANS; PERIPHERAL NERVE DISORDERS; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; VIBROMETRY;

NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MODEL; NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0032843233     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199909000-00005     Document Type: Article

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