Monday, July 27, 2015

Airlines

This gentleman is getting a sleep study. One of the waves noted on the EEG looked like this:


Challenge: What's the significance of this wave?

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1 comment:

Craig said...

Airlines

A delta wave is shown. Delta waves represent stage N3 or “deep” or “slow wave” sleep. These waves have a low frequency (0.5-2 Hz) and high amplitude (>75 microvolts).

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