Techniques for Improving the Selectivity of Electromyographic Recordings

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-23, Issue 6, 1976, Pages 467-472

  Gath, Isak ^a   StåLberg, Erik V ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - MUSCLE; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT - MICROELECTRODES; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS - RECORDING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; HIGH-PASS FILTERS; MULTIELECTRODES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0017096701     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1976.324605     Document Type: Article

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