Electromagnetic compatibility study of the in-vitro interaction of wireless phones with cardiac pacemakers

Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 645-655

  Schlegel, Robert E ^a   Grant, F Hank ^a   Raman, Shivakumar ^a   Reynolds, Dwight ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

PACEMAKER INTERACTION;

PACEMAKERS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRONICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELEPHONE;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0032215158     PISSN: 08998205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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