Technical and clinical analysis of microEEG: A miniature wireless EEG device designed to record high-quality EEG in the emergency department

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Omurtag, Ahmet ^a   Abdel Baki, Samah G ^a   Chari, Geetha ^b   Cracco, Roger Q ^b   Zehtabchi, Shahriar ^b   Fenton, André A ^b,c   Grant, Arthur C ^b  

^a Bio Signal Group Inc   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG machine; EEG technology; Electroencephalography (EEG); Emergency department; Signal analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; IMPEDANCE; MICRO ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84886515754     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-5-35     Document Type: Article

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