Implantable stimulator failures: Causes, outcomes, and solutions

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 5786-5789

  Liu, Xiao ^a,b   Demosthenous, Andreas ^a,b   Donaldson, Nick ^b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CABLES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; NEUROLOGY; PROSTHETICS;

CABLE SIGNAL; CODING SCHEME; IMPLANTABLE STIMULATORS; STIMULATOR DESIGN;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

EID: 57649207953     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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