What are electroencephalogram entropies really measuring?

International Congress Series

Volumn 1283, Issue , 2005, Pages 231-234

  Sleigh, J ^a   Voss, L ^a   Barnard, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

EEG; Entropy; General anesthesia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646450432     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2005.06.048     Document Type: Article

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