Spatial Filtering of Noninvasive Multielectrode EMG: Part I—Introduction to Measuring Technique and Applications

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-34, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 98-105

  Reucher, Harald ^a   Rau, Günter ^a   Silny, Jiri ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

SPATIAL FILTERS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN;

EID: 84939033845     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1987.326034     Document Type: Article

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