Ann Clin Neurophysiol.  2018 Jan;20(1):18-25. 10.14253/acn.2018.20.1.18.

Evoked potential: basic requirements and guidelines for writing reports

• Lee EM
• Seok HY
• Park KD
• Seo DW
• Society of Clinical Neurophysiology Education Committee

• KMID: 2403217
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14253/acn.2018.20.1.18

Abstract

Evoked potentials (EPs) measures the electrophysiologic responses of the nervous system to variety of stimuli. In clinical practice, only a few are used on a routine basis. Because of the small amplitude of EPs recorded by noninvasive methods, computer summation or averaging generally is necessary to resolve them from background noise. Therefore, waveform acquisition under good condition according to standard method is important. We aimed to provide the standards for clinical EP equipment, technical consideration and minimal requirements for obtaining good clinical EP waveforms, and general criteria for writing EP reports in practice as Korean guidelines.

Keyword

Evoked potentials (EPs); Standards; Reports

MeSH Terms

Evoked Potentials*
Methods
Nervous System
Noise
Writing*

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