Coupled microphone-accelerometer sensor pair for dynamic noise reduction in MMG signal recording

Electronics Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 1496-1498

  Silva, J ^a   Chau, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; MICROPHONES; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; SIGNAL RECORDING;

MICROSENSORS;

EID: 0142185498     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20031003     Document Type: Article

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