Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 1087-1094 , November 2009

Cardiac signal extraction in patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

  • D. Di Pietro Paolo

      Affiliations

    • BMDSys GmbH, Jena, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: BMDsys, Medical Diagnostic System GmbH, Wildenbruchst. 15, D-07745 Jena, Germany. Tel.: +49 36419325789; fax: +49 36419325787.
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  • H.-P. Mueller

      Affiliations

    • BMDSys GmbH, Jena, Germany
    • ,
  • M. Goernig

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Internal Medicine I, University of Jena, Germany
    • ,
  • J. Haueisen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University Ilmenau, Germany
    • ,
  • S.N. Erne

      Affiliations

    • BMDSys GmbH, Jena, Germany
    • Division for Biosignals and Imaging Technologies, Berger Clinic for Neurology, University of Jena, Germany

Received 9 April 2009 ,Revised 24 June 2009 ,Accepted 7 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.07.004

Medical Engineering & Physics
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