Numerical analysis of recurrence plots to detect effect of environmental-strength magnetic fields on human brain electrical activity

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 898-907

  Carrubba, Simona ^a   Frilot, Clifton ^b   Chesson, Andrew L ^a   Marino, Andrew A ^a  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Magnetic field; Nonlinear analysis; Recurrence plots; Sensory transduction; Time averaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROL PROCEDURES; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; ERROR RATE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FIELD-INDUCED CHANGES; HUMAN BRAIN; HUMAN DISEASE; LINEAR METHODS; NOVEL METHODS; RECURRENCE PLOT; SENSORY TRANSDUCTION; TIME AVERAGING;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL SENSORS;

BRAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956419348     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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