The Maximum-Likelihood Strategy for determining transcranial magnetic stimulation motor threshold, using Parameter Estimation by Sequential Testing is faster than conventional methods with similar precision

Journal of ECT

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 160-165

  Mishory, Alexander ^a   Molnar, Christine ^a,b   Koola, Jejo ^a,b   Li, Xingbao ^a,b   Kozel, F Andrew ^a,b,c   Myrick, Hugh ^b   Stroud, Zachary ^b   Nahas, Ziad ^a,b   George, Mark S ^a,b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Excitability; Maximum likelihood strategy; Method; Motor threshold; Parameter estimation by sequential testing; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CALCULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; SOFTWARE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 4644257157     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-200409000-00007     Document Type: Article

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