Biocompatible, high precision, wideband, improved howland current source with lead-lag compensation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-70

  Tucker, Aaron S ^a   Fox, Robert M ^b   Sadleir, Rosalind J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioimpedance; electrical impedance tomography (EIT); electrical stimulation; Howland current source

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; BIO-IMPEDANCE; COMPENSATION STRATEGY; CURRENT SOURCES; ELECTRICAL IMPE DANCE TOMOGRAPHY (EIT); ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY OUTPUT; PRECISION DELIVERY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS;

SPICE;

ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT; IMPEDANCE; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOMOGRAPHY;

DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84875054926     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2012.2199114     Document Type: Article

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