Title :
Estimation of the number of active fibers in nerves from magnetic measures of compound action currents
Author :
Bonaddio, Donald L. ; Sun, Mingui ; Friedman, Richard ; Sclabassi, Robert J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Neurological Surgery, Pittsburgh Univ., PA, USA
Abstract :
A method for estimating the number of active fibers conducting in a damaged nerve is presented. Also, a method to set constraints on the optimization problem in solution of the inverse problem is derived. Results from data acquired are shown
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biomagnetism; electric current measurement; inverse problems; neurophysiology; optimisation; active fibers number estimation; compound action currents; conduction velocity distribution; damaged nerve; inverse problem solution; magnetic measures; optimization problem constraints; Constraint optimization; Current measurement; Delay; Electric variables measurement; Humans; Inverse problems; Magnetic field measurement; Surgery; Toroidal magnetic fields; Velocity measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1994. Engineering Advances: New Opportunities for Biomedical Engineers. Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2050-6
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1994.411999
