Correlation of NIRS determined cerebral oxygenation with severity of pilot +Gz acceleration symptoms

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 530, Issue , 2003, Pages 381-389

  Benni, Paul B ^a,b   Li, John K J ^a   Chen, Bo ^a,b   Cammarota, Joseph ^c   Amory, David W ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c EDO M Technologies   (United States)

^d Institute of Applied Physiology and Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

+Gz acceleration; +Gz stress; A LOC; Cerebral oxygenation; G LOC (G induced loss of consciousness); NIRS (Near Infrared Spectroscopy)

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFUSION; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TISSUE OXYGENATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0242362066     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0075-9_35     Document Type: Conference Paper

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