Implantable cardiac pacemaker electromagnetic compatibility testing in a novel security system simulator

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 520-530

  Kainz, Wolfgang ^a   Casamento, Jon P ^a   Ruggera, Paul S ^a   Chan, Dulciana D ^a   Witters, Donald M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

EMC; EMI; Metal detector; Pacemaker; Simulator

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); METAL DETECTORS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SIMULATORS;

FIELD HOMOGENEITY; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH; SCANNING SYSTEMS;

PACEMAKERS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; METAL DETECTOR; PHANTOM; SENSOR; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIMULATOR; STANDARDIZATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SECURITY MEASURES;

EID: 14844334666     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.843293     Document Type: Article

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