Title :
Detection and Assessment of Spinal Cord Injury Using Spectral Coherence
Author :
Fatoo, N. ; Mirza, N. ; Ahmad, Rabiah ; Al-Nashash, Hasan ; Naeini, H. ; Thakor, N.
Author_Institution :
American Univ. of Sharjah, Sharjah
Abstract :
Graded spinal cord injury was induced in rats using the NY-Impactor. Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs), in response to stimuli to the nerves in the limbs, were recorded from the cranium. These signals were analyzed using spectral coherence analysis. Results obtained from 15 rats show information that was missed when other techniques are used.
Keywords :
bioelectric potentials; biomedical measurement; neurophysiology; somatosensory phenomena; spectral analysis; NY-Impactor; SEP; nerve stimuli; somatosensory evoked potentials; spectral coherence analysis; spinal cord injury detection; Algorithm design and analysis; Cranium; Delay; Electrodes; Monitoring; Rats; Rodents; Signal analysis; Spectral analysis; Spinal cord injury; Algorithms; Animals; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Electroencephalography; Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; Female; Rats; Rats, Inbred F344; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Somatosensory Cortex; Spinal Cord Injuries;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0787-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352567
