Channel characterization for galvanic coupled in vivo biomedical devices

Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 921-924

  Tang, Chun Ming ^a   Bashirullah, Rizwan ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; CELLULAR MEMBRANES; CHANNEL CHARACTERIZATION; CONDUCTIVE MEDIUM; COUPLING ELECTRODES; CURRENT FLOWS; DIRECT CONTACT; EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION; ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FAR-FIELD; FREQUENCY RANGES; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN CADAVER; IN-VIVO; INDUCTIVE LINK; INTERNAL ELECTRODES; LINE-OF-SITE; LOW-POWER DEVICES; PHANTOM MODELS; SIGNAL ATTENUATION; ULTRA-SMALL;

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRODES; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COUPLED CIRCUITS;

EID: 79960873134     PISSN: 02714310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2011.5937717     Document Type: Conference Paper

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