Improvement of signal-to-interference ratio and signal-to-noise ratio in nerve cuff electrode systems

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 943-967

  Chu, Jun Uk ^a   Song, Kang Il ^a,b   Han, Sungmin ^a   Lee, Soo Hyun ^a   Kim, Jinseok ^a   Kang, Ji Yoon ^a   Hwang, Dosik ^b   Suh, Jun Kyo Francis ^a   Choi, Kuiwon ^a   Youn, Inchan ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cuff electrode; low noise amplifier; peripheral nerve; revised quasi tripole configuration

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

CUFF ELECTRODE; ELECTRODE SYSTEMS; ELECTROMYOGRAM SIGNALS; ELECTRONEUROGRAM RECORDINGS; INTERFERENCE SIGNAL; LOW NOISEAMPLIFIER; PERIPHERAL NERVES; QUASI-TRIPOLE; REVISED QUASI-TRIPOLE CONFIGURATION; SIGNAL-TO-INTERFERENCE RATIO;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84861148659     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/33/6/943     Document Type: Article

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