Array electrode design for transcutaneous electrical stimulation: A simulation study

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 945-951

  Kuhn, Andreas ^a,d   Keller, Thierry ^a,b   Micera, Silvestro ^a,c   Morari, Manfred ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^d Technology and R   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Array electrode design; Finite element model; Gap size; Skin interface layer resistivity; Transcutaneous electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARRAY ELECTRODE DESIGN; ARRAY ELEMENTS; ARRAY-ELECTRODE; CLINICAL EFFICACY; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; DYNAMIC ADAPTATIONS; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM; ELECTRODE SIZE; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; GAP SIZE; INTERFACE LAYER; INTERFACE MATERIALS; NERVE ACTIVATIONS; NERVE MODELS; SIMULATION RESULT; SIMULATION STUDIES; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; TRIAL AND ERROR;

ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; NANOSENSORS; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; SIMULATORS; SKIN;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SKIN SURFACE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 70349473268     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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