An electrically isolated balanced wideband current source: Basic considerations and design

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 598-603

  Goovaerts, H G ^a   Faes, Th J C ^a   Raaijmakers, E ^a   Heethaar, R M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Thoracic) impedance cardiography; Bio impedance; Current source; Impedance plethysmography

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; TISSUE;

BIO IMPEDANCE; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; THORACIC IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; WIDEBAND CURRENT SOURCE;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE;

EID: 0032168878     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02524430     Document Type: Article

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