Automatic location of muscle innervation zones from multi-channel surface EMG signals

IEEE International Workshop on Medical Measurement and Applications, MeMeA 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 87-90

  Cescon, Corrado ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic graciloplasty; Electrode arrays; Gracilis muscle; Innervation zone; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PATIENT MONITORING;

DYNAMIC GRACILOPLASTY; ELECTRODE ARRAYS; GRACILIS MUSCLES; INNERVATION ZONE; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

MUSCLE;

EID: 33845579257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMEA.2006.1644467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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