Assessing the potential of electrodermal activity as an alternative access pathway

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 498-505

  Blain, Stefanie ^a   Mihailidis, Alex ^a   Chau, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Augmentative and alternative communication; Autonomic physiological signals; Electrodermal activity; Locked in syndrome; Physiological signal classification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY;

AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; AUTONOMIC PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS; ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY; LOCKED-IN SYNDROME; PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL CLASSIFICATION;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEASONS; SKIN;

EID: 42949088600     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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