Hybrid finite elements and spectral method for computation of the electric potential generated by a nerve cuff electrode

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 733-736

  Parrini, S ^a   Delbeke, J ^a   Romero, E ^a   Legat, V ^a   Veraart, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cuff electrode; Electrical stimulation; Finite element model; Nerve model; Potential field; Spectral decomposition

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

FOURIER SPECTRAL DECOMPOSITION; NERVE CUFF ELECTRODES;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CUFF; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; NERVE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0033386497     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02513375     Document Type: Article

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