Properties of rectified averaging of an evoked-type signal: Theory and application to the vestibular-evoked myogenic potential

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-176

  Colebatch, J G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Averaging; Rectified; RMS; Signal detection; VEMP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARTIFACTS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLES; NEURAL INHIBITION; REFLEX; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 70350196363     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-1993-0     Document Type: Article

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