A System for Measuring Pressures Exerted by Braces in the Treatment of Scoliosis

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 661-664

  Lou, E ^a   Durdle, N G ^a   Raso, V J ^a   Hill, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG STORAGE; BRACES (FOR LIMBS AND JOINTS); CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DATA ACQUISITION; MICROCOMPUTERS; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCERS;

ANALOG SYSTEM; HOST COMPUTER; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL DEFORMITIES;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0028493355     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: 15579662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.310185     Document Type: Article

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