Electrode impedance in neurophysiologic recording: 1. Theory and intrinsic contributions to noise

Neurodiagnostic Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 174-198

  Stecker, Mark M ^a   Patterson, Terry ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Common and differential mode signals; EEG; Electrodes; Evoked potentials; Impedance; Noise

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL MODE SIGNALS; ELECTRODE IMPEDANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGIC RECORDINGS;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; NOISE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0032171104     PISSN: 21646821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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