Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 9 , Pages 1074-1079 , November 2010

Acoustic and temporal analysis of speech: A potential biomarker for schizophrenia

  • Viliam Rapcan

      Affiliations

    • Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 18964214; fax: +353 16795554.
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  • Shona D’Arcy

      Affiliations

    • Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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  • Sherlyn Yeap

      Affiliations

    • Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, Ireland
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  • Natasha Afzal

      Affiliations

    • Fraser Health Care, Vancouver, Canada
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  • Jogin Thakore

      Affiliations

    • The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, St. Vincent's Hospital, Fairview, Dublin, Ireland
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  • Richard B. Reilly

      Affiliations

    • Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
    • The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, St. Vincent's Hospital, Fairview, Dublin, Ireland
    • Trinity Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

Received 31 March 2010 ,Revised 19 July 2010 ,Accepted 20 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.07.013

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 9 , Pages 1074-1079 , November 2010

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