Estimation of the nerve conduction velocity distribution by peeling sampled compound action potentials

In this paper, the nerve conduction velocity distribution is estimated by a "peeling" concept method. The compound action potential is a linear summat ion of the single fiber action potentials propagating along the nerve fiber s and can be expressed as the convolution of a delay sequence and the singl e fiber action potential wavelet. An algorithm based on the comparison of t he front part of a continuously deconstructed compound action potential sig nal to a single fiber action potential wavelet is developed i) to separate the delay sequence from the sampled compound action potential signal and ii ) to estimate the distribution of the conduction velocities.