TY - GEN
T1 - Mammalian model study of selective activation of small nerve fibres using biphasic pulses with monopolar electrode
AU - Shen, Qiang
AU - Tai, Changfeng
AU - Jiang, Dazong
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Biphasic pulse can cause lower electrochemical damage to nerve fibres than uniphasic pulse. A simulation system for studying the electrical properties of mammalian myelinated nerve fibres was built. By use of an asymmetric but charge-balanced biphasic stimulation waveform and monopolar point electrode, the sensitivity of excitation and blocking threshold of nerve fibres to fibre diameter was calculated. The results show that it may be possible to selective activate smaller mammalian myelinated fibres by use of biphasic pulses.
AB - Biphasic pulse can cause lower electrochemical damage to nerve fibres than uniphasic pulse. A simulation system for studying the electrical properties of mammalian myelinated nerve fibres was built. By use of an asymmetric but charge-balanced biphasic stimulation waveform and monopolar point electrode, the sensitivity of excitation and blocking threshold of nerve fibres to fibre diameter was calculated. The results show that it may be possible to selective activate smaller mammalian myelinated fibres by use of biphasic pulses.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0033356059
SN - 0780356756
T3 - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
SP - 598
BT - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
PB - IEEE
T2 - Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (1st Joint BMES / EMBS)
Y2 - 13 October 1999 through 16 October 1999
ER -