EMG contamination of EEG: Spectral and topographical characteristics

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1580-1593

  Goncharova, I I ^a   McFarland, D J ^a   Vaughan, T M ^a   Wolpaw, J R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; Brain computer interface; Electroencephalogram; Electromyogram; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FRONTALIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCALP; SPECTROMETRY; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0041423684     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(03)00093-2     Document Type: Article

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