Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 120, Issue 11 , Pages 1909-1915 , November 2009

Computerized epileptiform transient detection in the scalp electroencephalogram: Obstacles to progress and the example of computerized ECG interpretation

,Accepted 9 August 2009.

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Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 120, Issue 11 , Pages 1909-1915 , November 2009

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