Wearable sensorimotor enhancer for fingertip based on stochastic resonance effect

IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 333-337

  Kurita, Yuichi ^a   Shinohara, Minoru ^b,c   Ueda, Jun ^d  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fingertip; Motor performance; Stochastic resonance (SR); Tactile sensitivity; Wearable device

Indexed keywords

FINGERTIP; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; STOCHASTIC RESONANCES; TACTILE SENSITIVITIES; WEARABLE DEVICES;

CIRCUIT RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 84886284212     PISSN: 21682291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.2013.2242886     Document Type: Article

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