A PC-Based System for H-Reflex and Single Sweep SEP Coupled Monitoring of Spinal Cord Function in Vertebral Column Surgery

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 3169-3172

  Bracchi, Francesco ^a   Perale, Giuseppe ^b   Rossi, Lorenzo ^b   Gaggiani, Alberto ^a   Bianchi, Anna Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

H reflex; Neuromonitoring; Scoliosis; Single sweep SEP; Spinal cord injury; Stimulator

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTROSURGERY; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION; GAIN MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SWEEP CIRCUITS; TRIGGER CIRCUITS;

NEUROMONITORING; SCOLIOSIS; SINGLE SWEEP SEP; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI);

NEUROSURGERY;

EID: 1542360544     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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