Risk of patient injury due to electromagnetic-interference malfunctions: Estimation and minimization

IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 1308-1312

  Segal, Bernard ^a,b,c   Davis, Don ^a,b,c   Trueman, Christopher W ^a,d   Pavlasek, Tomas J F ^a,b  

^a Department of Otolaryngology ^*  (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ESTIMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

WIRELESS INFORMATICS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE;

EID: 0035785412     PISSN: 01901494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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