Neurometrics: Clinical Applications of Quantitative Electrophysiology

ISBN-13: 9780367754020 / Angielski

E. Roy John

Opis

Originally published in 1977, this volume attempts to show how the existing state of knowledge and technique in neuroscience can be effectively applied to a variety of practical clinical problems that at the time were dealt with less than adequately. Traditionally, clinical electroencephalography had been one of the major techniques by which our knowledge of neuroscience had been brought to bear upon these problems. The utility of this technique had been sharply limited and constrained by reliance upon qualitative interpretation of electrophysiological observations. In contrast, the approach proposed here is based upon quantitative measurements of salient features extracted from electrophysiological data which reflect various aspects of brain function related to sensory, perceptual and cognitive processes as well as to the structural and functional integrity of different neuroanatomical systems. The Editors call this quantitative approach "neurometrics".

Spis treści

Foreword.  Preface.  1. Introduction  2. Diagnostic Electrophysiology  3. Principles of Neurometric Analysis of Brain Electrical Activity  4. Automatic Acquisition and Analysis of Electrophysiological Indices of Brain Functions  5. Neurometric Assessment of Brain Dysfunction in Patients with Neuropathology  6. Neurometric Assessment of Sensory, Perceptual, and Cognitive Processes  7. Assessment of Brain Dysfunction in Elderly Patients with Cognitive Impairment  8. Neurometric Assessment of Brain Dysfunction in Children with Learning Disabilities  9. The Perspective for Neurometrics.  References.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

O autorze

E. Roy John