Computer-assisted sleep classification according to the standard of the American Academy of sleep medicine: Validation study of the AASM version of the Somnolyzer 24 × 7

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 250-264

  Anderer, Peter ^a,d   Moreau, Arnaud ^d   Woertz, Michael ^d   Ross, Marco ^d   Gruber, Georg ^d   Parapatics, Silvia ^d   Loretz, Erna ^d   Heller, Esther ^e   Schmidt, Andrea ^e   Boeck, Marion ^b   Moser, Doris ^b   Kloesch, Gerhard ^b   Saletu, Bernd ^a   Saletu Zyhlarz, Gerda M ^a   Danker Hopfe, Heidi ^e   Zeitlhofer, Josef ^b   Dorffner, Georg ^c,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Departments of Neurology   (Austria)

^c Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^d Vienna   (Austria)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

American Academy of Sleep Medicine standard; Arousal detection; Automated sleep scoring; Polysomnography; Semi automated sleep scoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP STAGES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77956385150     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320864     Document Type: Article

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