A novel approach to simulate Hodgkin-Huxley-like excitation with COMSOL Multiphysics

Artificial Organs

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 614-619

  Martinek, Johannes ^a,b   Stickler, Yvonne ^a   Reichel, Martin ^b   Mayr, Winfried ^b   Rattay, Frank ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Denervated muscle; Finite element model; Functional electrical stimulation; Muscle fiber; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; FIBERS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MUSCLE;

DENERVATED MUSCLE; ELECTRODE CURRENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING (FEM); FINITE ELEMENT SOFTWARE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRI-CAL STIMULATIONS; MULTI-PHYSICS; MUSCLE FIBER; NERVE FIBERS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; THRESHOLD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HEART STIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 49749151044     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2008.00611.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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