Skin impedance reduction for electrophysiology measurements using ultrasonic skin permeation: Initial report and comparison to current methods

Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-77

  Farinha, Albert ^a   Kellogg, Scott ^a   Dickinson, Katherine ^a   Davison, Thomas ^a  

^a Sontra Medical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

MECHANICAL ABRASION; QUIKPREP; SKIN IMPEDANCE; SONOPREP; ULTRASONIC SKIN PERMEATION;

HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; REVIEW; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN IRRITATION; ULTRASOUND;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PERMEABILITY; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SONICATION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 33645104710     PISSN: 08998205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2345/0899-8205(2006)40[72:SIRFEM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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