What is quantitative EEG?

Journal of Neurotherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 37-52

  Kaiser, David A ^a,b  

^a International Society for Neuronal Regulation   (United States)

^b Sterman Kaiser Imaging Laboratory Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; EEG; Electroencephalography; Introduction; Principles; QEEG report

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENDER; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPECTROSCOPY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34247468827     PISSN: 10874208     EISSN: 1530017X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J184v10n04_05     Document Type: Article

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