Motor unit number estimation - A Bayesian approach

Biometrics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1235-1250

  Ridall, P Gareth ^a   Pettitt, Anthony N ^a   Henderson, Robert D ^b   McCombe, Pamela A ^b,c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Compound muscle action potential (CMAP); Mixture model; Motor unit action potential (MUAP); Motor unit number estimation (MUNE)

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MUSCLE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ACTION-POTENTIALS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COMPOUND MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MIXTURE MODELING; MOTOR UNIT ACTION POTENTIAL; MOTOR UNIT ACTION POTENTIALS; MOTOR UNIT NUMBER ESTIMATION; MOTOR UNIT NUMBER ESTIMATIONS; MUSCLE ACTION;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DISEASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; POISSON RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 33845496581     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2006.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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