Finite-difference modeling of the anisotropic electric fields generated by stimulating needles used for catheter placement

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1186-1190

  Davis, James Ch ^a   Anderson, Norman E ^b   Ramirez, Jason G ^c   Enneking, F Kayser ^d   Meisel, Mark W ^e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesiology; Electric fields; Finite difference methods

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CATHETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NEUROLOGY;

CATHETER PLACEMENT; CONTROL PAIN; NERVE BLOCKS; STIMULATING NEEDLES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; STIMULATION;

ANISOTROPY; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 34250745628     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.889193     Document Type: Article

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