Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 550-562 , June 2008

Tripolar-cuff deviation from ideal model: Assessment by bioelectric field simulations and saline-bath experiments

  • Iasonas F. Triantis

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College, London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
    • ,
  • Andreas Demosthenous

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 14 February 2006 ,Revised 28 May 2007 ,Accepted 12 June 2007.

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PII: S1350-4533(07)00116-6

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.06.002

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 550-562 , June 2008

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