Characterization of a new type of dry electrodes for long-term recordings of surface-electromyogram

2007 IEEE 10th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR'07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 849-853

  Garcia, Gonzalo A ^a,b   Zaccone, Franco ^b   Ruff, Roman ^c   Micera, Silvestro ^a,b   Hoffmann, Klaus Peter ^a,c   Dario, Paolo ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CURING; DRYING; ELECTRODES; GELATION; MUSCLE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PROSTHETICS; ROBOTICS;

DAILY USE; DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES; DRY ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAM; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MAIN PARAMETERS; NON-INVASIVE; PROSTHESIS CONTROL; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC SIGNALS;

METALLIZING;

EID: 48349100082     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2007.4428523     Document Type: Conference Paper

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