Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 405-415 , June 2006

Sonomyography: Monitoring morphological changes of forearm muscles in actions with the feasibility for the control of powered prosthesis

Received 30 December 2004 ,Revised 9 July 2005 ,Accepted 11 July 2005.

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