The electrical conductivity of human cerebrospinal fluid at body temperature

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 220-223

  Baumann, Stephen B ^a   Wozny, David R ^a   Kelly, Shawn K ^a   Meno, Frank M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological tissues; Brain modeling; Conductivity measurements; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MODELS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; FLUIDS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TISSUE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; HUMAN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID;

NEUROSURGERY;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MODEL;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 0031106685     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.554770     Document Type: Article

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