Laser Doppler spectroscopy towards the detection of spontaneous muscle activity

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2279-2283

  Stambouli, Despina ^a   Stamboulis, Eleftherios ^b   Papazoglou, Theodore G ^a   Siafakas, Alexandros ^b   Fotakis, Costas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Fasciculations; Fibrillations; Laser Doppler spectroscopy; Positive waves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748294471     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.07.133     Document Type: Article

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