A novel approach for enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio and detecting automatically event-related potentials (ERPs) in single trials

NeuroImage

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-111

  Hu, L ^a,b,c   Mouraux, A ^d   Hu, Y ^c   Iannetti, G D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Event related potentials (ERPs); Independent component analysis (ICA); Laser evoked potentials (LEPs); Multiple linear regression; N1 wave; Single trial analysis; Wavelet filtering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; LASER; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SCALP; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75249093704     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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