Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 374-383 , April 2009

Effect of spatial filtering on crosstalk reduction in surface EMG recordings

  • Luca Mesin

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Ingegneria del Sistema Neuromuscolare (LISiN), Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino, 10129, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 011 4330476; fax: +39 011 4330404.
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  • Stuart Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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  • Suzanne Hugo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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  • Suretha Viljoen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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  • Tania Hanekom

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Received 21 January 2008 ,Revised 7 May 2008 ,Accepted 18 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.05.006

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 374-383 , April 2009

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