Application of correlation techniques in the analysis of corpus cavernosum electromyographic signals

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-376

  Jiang, Xiao Gang ^a   Holsheimer, Jan ^b   Manola, Ljubomir ^b   Wagner, Gorm ^c   Wijkstra, Hessel ^d   Knipscheer, Ben ^a   Meuleman, Eric J H ^e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum; Corpus cavernosum electromyography; Electrophysiology; Erectile dysfunction; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PENIS; VOLUNTEER; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; IMPOTENCE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STATISTICS;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PENIS; STATISTICS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 34347212544     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2007.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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