An analytical model for surface EMG generation in volume conductors with smooth conductivity variations

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 773-779

  Mesin, Luca ^a,c   Farina, Dario ^b,d,e  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Laboratory for Neuromuscular System Engineering   (Italy)

^d International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology (ISEK)   (Denmark)

^e NONE

Author keywords

EMG modeling; Space invariance; Volume conductor

Indexed keywords

EMG MODELING; MUSCLE FIBERS; SPACE-INVARIANCE; VOLUME CONDUCTOR;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CELL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33646351774     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.872825     Document Type: Article

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