Effect of spatial filtering on crosstalk reduction in surface EMG recordings

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 374-383

  Mesin, Luca ^a   Smith, Stuart ^b   Hugo, Suzanne ^b   Viljoen, Suretha ^b   Hanekom, Tania ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crosstalk; Electromyography; Spatial filters; Surface EMG modelling

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYTICAL MODELS; CROSSTALK REDUCTIONS; DETECTION SYSTEMS; DOUBLE DIFFERENTIALS; ELECTRODE DISTANCES; EMG SIGNALS; FIBRE LENGTHS; LAYER THICKNESS; MEAN FREQUENCIES; MOTOR UNIT ACTION POTENTIALS; MOTOR UNITS; MULTI LAYERS; SIMULATED SIGNALS; SPATIAL FILTERING; SPATIAL FILTERS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUES; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHIES; SURFACE EMG MODELLING;

CROSSTALK; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIBERS; MOTORS; SKIN;

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 60749109584     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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