A quantitative method for determining spatial discriminative capacity

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Zheng ^a   Tannan, Vinay ^a   Holden, Jameson K ^a   Dennis, Robert G ^a   Tommerdahl, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE DISCRIMINATION TASK; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATIVE CAPACITY; TWO ALTERNATIVE FORCED-CHOICE; TWO-POINT DISCRIMINATION; VIBROTACTILE STIMULI;

DEGRADATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; SKIN;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; METHODOLOGY; PALPATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 42349109577     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-7-12     Document Type: Article

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