Deep Brain Stimulation Improves Symptoms of Spasmodic Dysphonia Through Targeting of Thalamic Sensorimotor Connectivity.

Background And Objectives: Spasmodic dysphonia is a dystonia of the vocal chords producing difficulty with speech. Current hypotheses are that this is a condition of dysregulated thalamic sensory motor integration. A recent randomized controlled trial of thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) demonstrated its safety and efficacy.

Electrocardiogram Signals Denoising Using Improved Variational Mode Decomposition.

Background: Electrocardiogram (ECG) plays a vital role in the analysis of heart activity. It can be used to analyze the different heart diseases and mental stress assessment also. Various noises, such as baseline wandering, muscle artifacts and power line interface disturbs the information within the ECG signal.