Generalized alternating stimulation: A novel method to reduce stimulus artifact in electrically evoked compound action potentials

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-103

  Alvarez, Isaac ^a   de la Torre, Angel ^a   Sainz, Manuel ^a,b   Roldan, Cristina ^b   Schoesser, Hansjoerg ^c   Spitzer, Philipp ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^c MED EL GmbH   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alternating stimulation; Electrically evoked compound action potential; Gaussian Mixture Model; Masker probe paradigm; Quality assessment; Stimulus artifact reduction; Triphasic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MECHANICAL PROBE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECORDING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARTIFACTS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COCHLEAR MICROPHONIC POTENTIALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 34447517066     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.05.028     Document Type: Article

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