System Optimization for Improved Accuracy in Transcutaneous Signal and Power Transmission

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-31, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 177-186

  Hochmair, Erwin S ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POWER MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL; SKIN;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; POWER SOURCES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

ELECTRIC COILS - OPTIMIZATION; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS - COUPLING; HEARING AIDS - ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; RADIO TRANSMISSION - MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

CRITICAL COUPLING; INDUCTIVE COUPLING; TRANSCUTANEOUS RF SIGNAL TRANSMISSION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0021285916     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1984.325404     Document Type: Article

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