Dosimetry considerations for electrical stun devices

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1319-1335

  Patrick Reilly, J ^a   Diamant, Alan M ^b   Comeaux, James ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Diamant Engineering   (United States)

^c GENERAL DYNAMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR GAPS; BIPHASIC; CURRENT WAVEFORMS; ELECTRIC ARC; MEASURE OF EFFECTIVENESS; MONOPHASIC WAVEFORMS; MYELINATED NERVES; PHASE DURATIONS; RESISTIVE LOADS; SQUARE WAVES; WAVE FORMS;

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC ARCS;

STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC STUN DEVICE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMPEDANCE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SWINE; WAVEFORM;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT;

EID: 63649126757     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/5/015     Document Type: Article

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