Electrical dental pulp testing

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-50

  Daskalov, I ^a,b,c,h   Indjov, B ^b,d,e   Mudrov, N ^a,f,g  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c Faculty of Electrical Engineering   (Bulgaria)

^d Medical University   (United States)

^e Faculty of Dentistry   (Canada)

^f Faculty of Electronic Engineering

^g Medical Faculty   (Italy)

^h CENTRE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL DENTAL PULP TESTING; ELECTRICAL STIMULATOR; ELECTRODE TOOTH INTERFACE CONNECTION; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCY; STIMULATION PULSE; TEETH;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DENTISTRY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITABILITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; TOOTH PULP;

AMPLIFIERS; BICUSPID; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CUSPID; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL PULP; DENTAL PULP TEST; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INCISOR; MOLAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0031031183     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.566152     Document Type: Article

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