Prediction of Myelinated Nerve Fiber Stimulation Thresholds: Limitations of Linear Models

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 229-236

  Moffitt, Michael A ^a   McIntyre, Cameron C ^b,c   Grill, Warren M ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon model; Electrical stimulation; Linear model; Threshold

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FORECASTING; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROLOGY; PROSTHETICS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; THRESHOLD LOGIC;

AXONS; EXCITATION THRESHOLDS; EXTRACELLULAR POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PROSTHESIS;

AXONS; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LINEAR MODELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1642471642     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.820382     Document Type: Article

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