Electrode design for high frequency block: Effect of bipolar separation on block thresholds and the onset response

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 654-657

  Ackermann Jr , D Michael ^a   Foldes, Emily L ^a   Bhadra, Niloy ^a   Kilgore, Kevin L ^a,b,c  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; NEURONS;

BIPOLAR ELECTRODES; CONTACT SEPARATION; HIGH FREQUENCY ALTERNATING CURRENT; NERVE CONDUCTION BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RAT SCIATIC NERVE; SEPARATION DISTANCES; SMALL ANIMAL MODEL;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 77950977418     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5332738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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