Neuromagnetic recordings of the human peripheral nerve with planar SQUID gradiometers

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2379-2384

  Lang, G ^a   Shahani, U ^b   Weir, A I ^b   Maas, P ^a   Pegrum, C M ^a   Donaldson, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0031825750     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/8/027     Document Type: Article

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