Fast in vivo measurements of local tissue impedances using needle electrodes

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 486-492

  Kinouchi, Y ^a   Iritani, T ^a   Morimoto, T ^a   Ohyama, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Shikoku Instrumentation Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bio impedance; Equivalent circuit; Measurement; Needle electrode; Pulse response method; Tissue

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; NEEDLES;

BIOIMPEDANCE; PULSE RESPONSE METHOD;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; IMPEDANCE; MEASUREMENT;

BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS;

EID: 0031237609     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02525528     Document Type: Article

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