An optimal monitor of the Rapid-Eye-Movement brain state

✍ Scribed by B. Kemp

• Book ID: 104721211
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 614 KB
• Volume: 54
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-1200
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00320484

✦ Synopsis

A model has been proposed for the stochastic occurrence of bursts of rapid eye movements (REMs) during sleep. REM-burst are simulated by a Poisson counting process with a rate that depends on a binary Markov "sleep state". The corresponding maximum likelihood detector, that continuously monitors the current sleep state based on the observed REM-bursts, has been derived and implemented. Simulations show 97% correct decisions.