Dominant frequency content of ocular microtremor from normal subjects

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1911-1915

  Bolger, Ciaran ^a   Bojanic, Stana ^a   Sheahan, Noirin F ^b   Coakley, Davis ^b   Malone, James F ^b  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ocular microtremor; Peak counting; Piezoelectric strain gauge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; TREMOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 0032896135     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(98)00322-8     Document Type: Article

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