Evaluation of electrosurgical interference to low-power spread-spectrum local area net transceivers

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 345-348

  Gibby, Gordon L ^a,b,c   Schwab, Wilhelm K ^a   Miller, William C ^a  

^a College of Medicine ^*

^b Department of Clinical and Health Psychology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communications: local area network, spread spectrum; Computers; Electromagnetic Interference (EMI); Electrosurgery: interference

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROSURGERY; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; RADIO INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATION; TRANSCEIVERS;

ELECTROCOAGULATION;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROSURGERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE;

ELECTRICITY; ELECTROSURGERY; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; OPERATING ROOMS;

EID: 0031279849     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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