Using Spectral Coherence for the Detection and Monitoring of Spinal Cord Injury
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Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) were obtained from 15 rats that were inflected with graded injury using the NYU Impactor. SEPs, in response to stimuli to the nerves in the limbs, were recorded from the cranium. Spectral coherence was used to analyze these signals. Results obtained from the investigation show that this technique is capable of providing a quantitative measure of spinal cord injury (SCI). INDEX TERMS — Bioelectric phenomena, Bioelectric potentials, Biomedical engineering, Biomedical signal processing, Limbs, Neural networks, Spectral analysis.
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