It's called electromyography and involves using muscles to send electrical impulses to computers. From Wordnik.com. [Ari Herzog: How Electromyography May Change Your Life] Reference
The device, on show at the Cebit electronics fair in Germany, relies on a technique called electromyography which detects the electrical signals from muscles. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Dispatch: 100 million lines of code in your car; Phone prototype reads lips] Reference
If available, we considered results from spinal imaging and further investigations such as electromyography for the diagnostic decision. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference
Further investigations such as electromyography, spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or computed tomography, with or without myelography, were carried out if deemed necessary. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference
Workup had been negative, and when it came time to do electromyography, the kid fought off the needles -- vigorously. From Wordnik.com. [Conversion] Reference
These tests may include a brain scan, spinal fluid examination, nerve conduction test (electromyography, or EMG), and a tensilon test for myasthenia gravis. From Wordnik.com. [Botulism] Reference
Confirmation might be made by an electromyography or through a nerve-conduction study. From Wordnik.com. [Spokesman.com: Latest stories] Reference
Complete resolution of neurological and electromyography findings was seen upon stopping therapy. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
Using high-speed photography and electromyography, scientists uncover the mechanics of a cobra "spit.". From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Low back pain research using surface electromyography (SEMG) technology may lead to the development. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
We market systems for the performance of nerve conduction studies and needle electromyography procedures. From Wordnik.com. [NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories] Reference
The aim of this study is to analyze muscle sedation and tonification by means of surface electromyography. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
EMG (electromyography) - a thin needle is inserted through the patient's skin and into the targeted muscle. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
The use of surface electromyography has been accepted as a valid, non-invasive measure of neuromuscular fatigue. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
Muscle activity was measured by surface electromyography in the trapezius muscle (EMGtrap) and deltoid muscle (EMGdelt). From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
These signals are picked up by a electromyography sensor worn like a watch on the forearm of the person making the movements. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
Dr. Young and his team used high-speed photography and electromyography (EMG) to detect contractions of head and neck muscles. From Wordnik.com. [YubaNet.com] Reference
Boy Genius Report, the company has filed for a patent covering several methods of computing that utilize electromyography (EMG). From Wordnik.com. [News Tom's Hardware US] Reference
A pediatric neurologist ordered CT scans, an MRI, electromyography to evaluate the electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles. From Wordnik.com. [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference
Achieved ISO 13485:2003 certification for the production and sale of surface electromyography sEMG diagnostic devices for clinical use. From Wordnik.com. [iTech Medical, Inc. Provides Update to Shareholders - Yahoo! Finance] Reference
Sleep-onset latency and sleep architecture were measured by electroencephalography (EEG), electromyography (EMG) and electro-oculography (EOG). From Wordnik.com. [Science Blog] Reference
It uses an electrode to measure electromyography (EMG) -- or minute muscle contraction -- allowing very small movements to control computer devices. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
It senses the movement of your extremities by tracing electrical activity within the muscles using a usually medical technique called electromyography. From Wordnik.com. [Gizmodo] Reference
This study evaluated the potential usefulness of Shannon entropy of electromyography signals as a clinical tool to measure pain following intervention. From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
These two new modes are in addition to our pre-existing modalities of stimulated EMG or electromyography, free run EMG and MEP or motor-evoked potentials. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Using electromyography, and the fastest camera technology in the world, we investigate whether his speed goes beyond what science says is humanly possible. From Wordnik.com. [VeryCD - 电驴资源订阅] Reference
Extraordinarily easy to use as compared with electromyography, the transducers are placed atop the muscle belly and collect vibration data as muscles contract. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases]
The system uses noninvasive surface electromyography (EMG), in which surface electrodes placed on the skin detect neural activity in individual muscles or muscle groups. From Wordnik.com. [Medgadget] Reference
Self-ratings, facial electromyography, startle-elicited postauricular reflex, and event-related potentials combined with measures of heroin use at baseline and follow-up. From Wordnik.com. [Archives of General Psychiatry current issue] Reference
In each situation, Chapman used electromyography to measured electrical activity of the levator labii muscle, which makes the wrinkled nose and frown face of a disgusted look. From Wordnik.com. [mental_floss Blog] Reference
Using electromyography (EMG) and high-speed video, they monitored tails from the instant of separation from four specimens of Eublepharis macularius, a.k.a. the leopard gecko. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Anatomically, it appears to be made up of three distinct sets of fibers though electromyography suggests that it consists of at least seven groups that can be independently coordinated by the central nervous system. From Wordnik.com. [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference
(electroencephalography) and EMG (electromyography) data on the brainwaves and muscle activity that occur during the sleep cycle. From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
The surface electromyography sensor can also help physicians to monitor the progress of a patient's recovery by constantly detecting their level of muscle contraction. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
A special contrast dye into a spinal disc), CT scan, MRI, bone scan, ultrasound and an electromyography (which assesses the electrical activity in a nerve). From Wordnik.com. [eHow - Health How To's] Reference
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