In vitro testing of pacemakers for digital cellular phone electromagnetic interference

Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 358-372

  Ruggera, Paul S ^a,b,c,d   Witters, Donald M ^b,c,d   Bassen, Howard I ^c,e,f  

^a Ctr Devices and Radiological Hlth   (United States)

^b AAMI's ^*

^c IEEE   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^e CDRH Off of Science and Technology

^f Med Device Electromagnetic I

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TORSO SIMULATOR;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

PACEMAKERS;

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0031193865     PISSN: 08998205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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