Vestibular autorotation test in primary selection of military student pilots using neural networks

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 959-961

  Klokker, Mads ^a,c,d   Brock Nannestad, Lars ^b   Mikines, Pernille ^a   Johnsen, Anders F ^b   GarhØj, Per ^b   Vesterhauge, SØren ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Forsvaret   (Denmark)

^c Danish Armed Forces Health Services   (Denmark)

^d Otorhinolaryngologist Flight Surg   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aviation medicine; Military personnel; Neural networks; Pilot selection; Spatial disorientation; Vestibular autorotation test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FLIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; ROTATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STUDENTS; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0033369151     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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