Advances in electromyogram signal classification to improve the quality of life for the disabled and aged people

Journal of Computer Science

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 706-715

  Ahsan, Md R ^a   Ibrahimy, Muhammad I ^a   Khalifa, Othman O ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

EMG; Fuzzy logic; HCI; Hidden Markov Model (HMM); Independent Component Analysis (ICA); Neural network; QOL

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049514291     PISSN: 15493636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/jcssp.2010.706.715     Document Type: Article

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