Current density imaging and electrically induced skin burns under surface electrodes

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2024-2031

  Patriciu, Andrei ^a   Yoshida, Ken ^a   Struijk, Johannes J ^a,d   DeMonte, Tim P ^b,e   Joy, Michael L G ^b   Stoødkilde Joørgensen, Hans ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Studies for Programs in Biomedical Engineering and Informatics

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burn; Current density; LFCDI; Skin; Surface electrodes

Indexed keywords

BURN; LFCDI; SURFACE ELECTRODES;

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRODES; SKIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BURN; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HEART PACING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MODEL; NONHUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN; SKIN ELECTRODE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BURNS, ELECTRIC; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; SKIN; SWINE;

EID: 28844437309     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2005.857677     Document Type: Article

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