Closed-Loop Control of an Anesthesia Delivery System: Development and Animal Testing

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-34, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 437-443

  Ritchie, R Gilbert ^a   Ernst, Edward A ^a   Pate, Brian L ^a   Pearson, J D ^a   Sheppard, Louis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOHEXITAL; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PANCURONIUM;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; GAS FLOW; NONHUMAN;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMAL; AUTOMATION; DOGS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CONTROL EQUIPMENT, ELECTRIC;

ANIMAL TESTING; CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0023366118     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1987.326078     Document Type: Article

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