Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 8 , Pages 945-951 , October 2009

Array electrode design for transcutaneous electrical stimulation: A simulation study

  • Andreas Kuhn

      Affiliations

    • Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
    • Altran AG, Technology and R&D Consulting, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 44 632 6571.
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  • Thierry Keller

      Affiliations

    • Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
    • Biorobotics Department, Fatronik-Tecnalia, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
    • ,
  • Silvestro Micera

      Affiliations

    • Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
    • ARTS Lab, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
    • ,
  • Manfred Morari

      Affiliations

    • Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Received 18 October 2008 ,Revised 29 April 2009 ,Accepted 1 May 2009.

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PII: S1350-4533(09)00112-X

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.05.006

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 8 , Pages 945-951 , October 2009

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