Geometric effects on resistivity measurements with four-electrode probes in isotropic and anisotropic tissues

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 877-884

  Wang, Yanqun ^a   Schimpf, Paul H ^a   Haynor, David R ^a   Kim, Yongmin ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Finite element; Four electrode; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODES; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TISSUE;

FOUR ELECTRODE PROBES; ISOTROPY;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODE; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLASTICS; PLATINUM; SILVER; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SWINE;

EID: 0032127420     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.686795     Document Type: Article

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