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A computerized analysis system for vigilance studies.

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A digital signal analysis system for vigilance studies is presented. The analysis is based on adaptive segmentation, band pass filtering, nonlinear eye movement detection and rule-based decision making. A preliminary evaluation of seven subjects falling asleep showed that the system is able to detect small vigilance fluctuations reliably.

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A Värri, K Hirvonen, J Hasan, P Loula, V Häkkinen. A computerized analysis system for vigilance studies.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-2607(92)90064-e

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