PORTABLE REM-DETECTING MACHINE

被引：6

作者：

GOLDBERG, RM

BEIBER, I

机构：

[1] YESHIVA UNIV ALBERT EINSTEIN COLL MED,DEPT RADIOL,BRONX,NY 10461

[2] NEW YORK MED COLL,DEPT PSYCHIAT,NEW YORK,NY 10029

来源：

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING | 1979年 / 26卷 / 09期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1109/TBME.1979.326433

中图分类号：

R318 [生物医学工程];

学科分类号：

0831 ;

摘要：

A portable electronic device has been developed that successfully detects rapid eye movement (REM) in sleeping subjects. The development was aimed at exploiting the high correlation between a subject's ability to recall dreams and his abrupt awakening a short time after the onset of REM sleep. The device is of clinical interest as a means of increasing the amount of raw dream material available for patients in psychoanalysis. Eye movements are sensed with surface electrodes and wire leads which monitor electroocular potentials. Machine detection and discrimination of REM signals are accomplished against a background of other electrophysiologic sources and artifacts due to subject movement, as well as external electrical activity. The device has worked with three subjects. Careful evaluation will be required in order to specify quantitatively the fraction of REM being detected as well as the clinical usefulness of the device. Some of the difficulties of an evaluation are noted. © 1979 SDAIEEE

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页码：513 / 516

页数：4