Intracranial Pressure Telemetry System Using Semicustom Integrated Circuits

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-33, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 386-395

  Leung, Albert M ^a   Ko, Wen H ^b   Spear, Thomas M ^b   Bettice, John A ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; TELEMETRY;

ANIMAL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOGS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TELEMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; RADIO TRANSMITTERS; TELEMETERING - MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

BIPOLAR IC; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE TELEMETRY; TRANSMITTER ELECTRONICS;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0022559432     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1986.325794     Document Type: Article

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