Practical considerations for the use of a Howland current source for neuro-stimulation

2008 IEEE-BIOCAS Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BIOCAS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 33-36

  Pouliquen, Philippe ^a   Vogelstein, Jacob ^b   Etienne Cummings, Ralph ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-DIRECTIONAL; CIRCUIT COMPONENTS; CURRENT SOURCE CIRCUITS; CURRENT SOURCES; DISCRETE COMPONENTS; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; MULTI CHANNELS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURO STIMULATIONS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; WELL STIMULATION;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 63649085539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOCAS.2008.4696867     Document Type: Conference Paper

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