A Procedure for Decomposing the Myoelectric Signal Into Its Constituent Action Potentials— Part I: Technique, Theory, and Implementation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-29, Issue 3, 1982, Pages 149-157

  LeFever, Ronald S ^a   De Luca, Carlo J ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS - INTERACTIVE; COMPUTERS, HYBRID - MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTRIC FILTERS, DIGITAL - MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; INFORMATION THEORY - DATA COMPRESSION; SIGNAL PROCESSING - MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYOELECTRIC SIGNALS; SIGNAL DECOMPOSITION; SINGLE MOTOR UNITS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DISPLAY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; VIDEORECORDING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTERS; HUMAN; MOTOR NEURONS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0019999705     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1982.324881     Document Type: Article

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