Superabsorbent polymer electrode for transcranial direct current stimulation

MeMeA 2013 - IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 320-324

  Caytak, Herschel B ^a,b   Batkin, Izmail ^a   Mekonnen, Abeye ^a   Shapiro, Daniel ^a,b   Hassoun, Scott ^a   Li, Glenn ^a,b   Dajani, Hilmi R ^a   Bolic, Miodrag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Hardware Design and EMC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homogeneity; Semi Dry; Superabsorbent Polymer; Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Indexed keywords

DIRECT CURRENT; DRYING BEHAVIOR; DRYING RATES; HOMOGENEITY; STIMULATION ELECTRODES; SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER; TRANSCRANIAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS;

ELECTRODES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84881324069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MeMeA.2013.6549760     Document Type: Conference Paper

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