Design of inductive sensors for tongue control system for computers and assistive devices

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 266-271

  Lontis, Eugen R ^a   Struijk, Lotte N S A ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assistive devices; Computer interface; Disabled people; Keyboard and pointing devices; Printed circuit board inductor; Tongue control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DISABLED PERSON; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; SELF HELP; STATISTICS; TONGUE;

COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; DISABLED PERSONS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SELF-HELP DEVICES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TONGUE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77953249498     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483101003718138     Document Type: Article

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