title: Evoked potential measurement and analysis on a small laboratory computer.
abstract: A program is described for the collection and subsequent analysis of somatosensory evoked potentials using a LINC-8 computer. The program allows simple evoked-potentials analysis in centers where a small laboratory computer may be available but sophisticated instrumentation such as a computer of average transients is not available. This program provides an efficient method of easily obtaining information concerning the conduction pathways of the nervous system as well as the cerebral function; the program can be implemented on small laboratory computers which most hospitals currently own, without the associated cost or complexity of additional hardware in the laboratory. Combining utilization of a small laboratory computer with an easily programmable method provides an approach for evoked potential analysis which is well within the financial and technical scope of most neurophysiology laboratories.
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D006801:Humans; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D008722:Methods; D010543:Peroneal Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D014953:Wrist / Q000294:innervation