Conditions for generating virtual channels in cochlear prosthesis systems

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 614-624

  Choi, Charles T M ^a   Hsu, Chien Hua ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activating function; Cochlear implant; Cochlear prosthesis; Current steering; Electrical stimulation; Finite element analysis; Virtual channel; Volume conduction model

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; HEAT CONDUCTION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROSTHETICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACTIVATING FUNCTION; COCHLEAR IMPLANT; COCHLEAR PROSTHESIS; CURRENT STEERING; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL CHANNEL; VOLUME CONDUCTION MODEL;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COCHLEA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 59449098297     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-008-9622-9     Document Type: Article

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