Strength-duration curve an electrically excitable tissue extended down to near 1 nanosecond

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4 II, 2004, Pages 1587-1599

  Rogers, Walter R ^a   Merritt, James H ^b   Comeaux Jr , James A ^a   Kuhnel, Charles T ^b   Moreland, Daniel F ^a   Teltschik, David G ^a   Lucas, Jeffrey H ^c   Murphy, Michael R ^b  

^a GENERAL DYNAMICS   (United States)

^b USAF/HEDR   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; TISSUE; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ELECTROSTIMULATION; NANOSECOND; PULSE; ULTRAWIDEBAND;

ELECTRIC EXCITATION;

EID: 7244224727     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.831758     Document Type: Article

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