Correlation between structure and resistivity variations of the live human skull

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2286-2292

  Tang, Chi ^a   You, Fusheng ^a   Cheng, Guang ^b   Gao, Dakuan ^b   Fu, Feng ^a   Yang, Guosheng ^a   Dong, Xiuzhen ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diploe; Resistivity; Skull; Structure; Suture

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; POWDERS; SURGERY;

BODY TEMPERATURES; DIPLOE; FOUR-ELECTRODE METHODS; FREQUENCY RANGING; HUMAN SKULLS; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; RESISTIVITY; SIGNAL FREQUENCIES; SKULL; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; STRUCTURE; SUTURE; TRILAYER; VARIATIONS OF;

STANDARDS;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BONE STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETER; RESISTIVITY; SKULL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUTURE;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL;

EID: 50049133877     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.923919     Document Type: Article

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