A Fuzzy System to Analyze SIVD Diseases Using the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

The paper proposes a methodology to process the signals coming from the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in order to identify the pathology and evaluate the therapy to treat the patients affected by demency diseases. In particular, a fuzzy model is developed to identify the demency of the patients affected by Subcortical Ischemic Vascular Dementia (SIVD) and to measure the effect of a repetitive TMS on their motor performances. A tool is also presented to support the mentioned analysis.

• A. Faro
• D. Giordano
• M. Pennisi
• G. Scarciofalo
• C. Spampinato
• F. Tramontana

• TMS
• EMG
• fuzzy logic
• transcranial magnetic stimulation.

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