Wavelet denoising of vaginal pulse amplitude

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 393-401

  Prause, Nicole ^a   Williams, Kameryn ^b   Bosworth, Ken ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Normal volunteers; Sexual response; Vaginal photoplethysmography

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349107392     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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