Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 168-173 , March 2010

Auditory evoked potentials for monitoring during anaesthesia: A study of data quality

  • S.V. Notley

      Affiliations

    • Intitute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • S.L. Bell

      Affiliations

    • Intitute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 02380594950.
    • ,
  • D.C. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthetics, Southampton General Hospital, United Kingdom

Received 15 April 2009 ,Revised 8 October 2009 ,Accepted 13 November 2009.

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PII: S1350-4533(09)00248-3

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.11.006

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 168-173 , March 2010

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