Towards a Switched-Capacitor based Stimulator for efficient Deep-Brain Stimulation

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2927-2930

  Vidal Jr , Jose ^a   Ghovanloo, Maysam ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ELECTRODES; BI-PHASIC; CHARGE STORAGE; CURRENT SENSORS; CURRENT-CONTROLLED; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRODE-ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; INJECTION TECHNIQUES; LABVIEW; POWER EFFICIENT; PULSE WIDTH; STIMULATION CIRCUITS; STIMULATION PARAMETERS; SWITCHED CAPACITOR; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED;

CAPACITORS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; SURGERY;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ELECTROLYTE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; POWER SUPPLY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTERS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROLYTES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 78650806303     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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