Towards an EMG-controlled prosthetic hand using a 3-D electromagnetic positioning system

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 178-186

  Su, Yu ^a   Fisher, Mark H ^a   Wolczowski, Andrzej ^b   Bell, G Duncan ^a,c   Burn, David J ^d   Gao, Robert X ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D electromagnetic positioning system; Electroencephalographic (EEG); Electromagnetic sensor; Electromyographic (EMG)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; END EFFECTORS; MAGNETIC SENSORS;

ARTIFICIAL PROSTHETIC HAND; ELECTROMAGNETIC POSITIONING SYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSOR; ROBOTIC PROSTHETIC HAND;

BIOCONTROL;

EID: 33847358737     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2006.887669     Document Type: Article

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