A blink restoration system with contralateral EMG triggered stimulation and real-time artifact blanking

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 140-148

  Yi, Xin ^a   Jia, Jun ^a,b   Deng, Simin ^c,d   Shen, Steve Guofang ^e   Xie, Qing ^a   Wang, Guoxing ^a,f  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^e SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Blanking; digital filter; functional electrical stimulation (FES); stimulus artifact

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT REMOVAL; BLANKING; DIGITAL FILTERING TECHNIQUES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL-ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (FES); MYOELECTRIC SIGNALS; PARALYZED PATIENTS; STIMULUS ARTIFACT;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; DIGITAL FILTERS;

RESTORATION;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLINKING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYELID; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; EYELIDS; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84877763203     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2013.2255051     Document Type: Article

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