AutoNRT™: An automated system that measures ECAP thresholds with the Nucleus® Freedom™ cochlear implant via machine intelligence

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-28

  Botros, Andrew ^a   van Dijk, Bas ^b   Killian, Matthijs ^b  

^a Research and Technology Labs   (Australia)

^b Research and Development   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Automated systems; Cochlear implants; Decision trees; Electrically evoked compound action potential; Machine learning; Neural response telemetry; Pattern recognition; Threshold estimation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUDITION; DECISION TREES; ELECTRODES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

AUDITORY NERVE; AUTOMATED SYSTEM; COCHLEAR IMPLANT; ELECTRICALLY EVOKED COMPOUND ACTION POTENTIAL; NEURAL RESPONSE TELEMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE MEASUREMENTS; THRESHOLD ESTIMATION;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTRODE; EVOKED RESPONSE; INTELLIGENCE; MACHINE LEARNING; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION TREE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXPERT SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TELEMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COCHLEAR NERVE; DECISION TREES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REACTION TIME; SOFTWARE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 34247521841     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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