Ultrasonically actuated silicon microprobes for cardiac signal recording

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1665-1671

  Chen, Xi ^a   Lal, Amit ^a   Riccio, Mark L ^b   Gilmour Jr , Robert F ^b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Penetration force; Silicon microprobe; Ultrasonic horn

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MUSCLE; SILICON; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA; PENETRATION FORCE; SILICON MICROPROBE; ULTRASONIC HORN;

CARDIOLOGY;

SILICON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST; CHICKEN; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL PROBE; NONHUMAN; RECORDING; TISSUE TYPES; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DOGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MINIATURIZATION; SILICON; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33746654992     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.877808     Document Type: Article

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