A history and review of quantitative electroencephalography in traumatic brain injury

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 165-190

  Wallace, Brian E ^a   Wagner, Amy K ^b   Wagner, Eugene P ^c   McDeavitt, James T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d Charlotte Inst of Rehabilitation   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Fourier transform; Learning disorders; Quantitative electroencephalography; Spectral analysis; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0035048808     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001199-200104000-00006     Document Type: Review

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