An improved electric pulp tester

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 112-115

  Wang, I W ^a   Young, S T ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DENTISTRY; ELECTRODES; FEEDBACK CONTROL; PERFORMANCE; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; TESTING;

ADHESIVE CONTACT ELECTRODES; DENTAL PULP; ELECTRIC PULP TESTER; ELECTRICAL STIMULUS; NECROSIS; TEETH;

DENTAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; TOOTH PULP;

EID: 0030026622     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.482851     Document Type: Article

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