Impedance and noise characterizations of Utah and microwire electrode arrays

IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 234-241

  Gardner, Avery Tye ^a   Strathman, Hunter J ^a   Warren, David J ^a   Walker, Ross M ^a  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

BCI; Electrode characterization; microwire; neural amplifier; neural interface; Tucker Davis Technologies (TDT); Utah Electrode Array (UEA)

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROELECTRODES; SPECTRAL DENSITY;

ELECTRODE ARRAYS; ELECTRODE CHARACTERIZATION; MICROWIRE; NEURAL AMPLIFIERS; NEURAL INTERFACES;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 85053836189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24697249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JERM.2018.2862417     Document Type: Article

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