A comparison of modified Howland circuits as current generators with current mirror type circuits

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-6

  Bertemes Filho, P ^a   Brown, B H ^a   Wilson, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current sources; Evaluation; Impedance imaging

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; MIRRORS; SPICE;

CURRENT GENERATOR; CURRENT MIRRORS; CURRENT SOURCES; ELECTRICAL IMPE DANCE TOMOGRAPHY (EIT); EVALUATION; IMPEDANCE IMAGING; MULTI FREQUENCY; OUTPUT CURRENT; OUTPUT IMPEDANCE; TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM;

TIMING CIRCUITS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; GENERATOR; IMPEDANCE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 0033999537     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/21/1/301     Document Type: Article

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