Electrical impedance of stainless steel needle electrodes

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2371-2382

  KalvØy, Håvard ^a,b   Tronstad, Christian ^a,b   Nordbotten, Bernt ^b   Grimnes, Sverre ^a,b   Martinsen, Ørjan G ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Electrical properties; EMG electrodes; In vitro; Long term stability; Medical grade; SEM

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; IN-VITRO; LONG TERM STABILITY; SEM;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODES; NEEDLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

STAINLESS STEEL;

SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRODE; IMPEDANCE; NEEDLE;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; NEEDLES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 77954656692     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-9989-2     Document Type: Article

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