Computer aided adjustment of the phrenic pacemaker: Automatic functions, documentation, and quality control

Artificial Organs

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 216-218

  Sauermann, S ^a   Bijak, M ^a   Schmutterer, C ^a   Unger, E ^a   Lanmuller H ^a   Mayr, W ^a   Thoma, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

complete ventilatory insufficiency; implantable nerve stimulators; phrenic nerve

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIAPHRAGMS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLINICAL USE; COMPLETE VENTILATORY INSUFFICIENCY; COMPUTER-AIDED; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; FOLLOWING PROBLEM; IMPLANTABLE NERVE STIMULATOR; MUSCLE FATIGUES; PHRENIC NERVE; STIMULATION PARAMETERS; STIMULATION SYSTEMS;

DATA ACQUISITION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMPLANT; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LUNG VENTILATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031003143     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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