Computational estimation of threshold currents for electrophosphenes

2013 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, EMTS 2013 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 350-353

  Laakso, Ilkka ^a   Hirata, Akimasa ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL ESTIMATION; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC CURRENT FLOW; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; ELECTRODE POSITIONING; STIMULATION ELECTRODES;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISION;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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