Stability and distribution of steady-state somatosensory evoked potentials elicited by vibro-tactile stimulation

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 347-357

  Breitwieser, Christian ^a   Kaiser, Vera ^a   Neuper, Christa ^a,b   Müller Putz, Gernot R ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

EEG; Steady state somatosensory evoked potentials (SSSEP); Stimulation; Tactile; Vibration

Indexed keywords

CARRIER FREQUENCY; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; HIT RATE; LDA CLASSIFIERS; POWER TUNING; RECTANGULAR SIGNALS; REPEATED MEASURES; SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIALS; STIMULATION; TACTILE; VIBRATION;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; RESONANCE;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STIMULATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOUCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIBRATION;

EID: 84861430683     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-012-0877-9     Document Type: Article

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