Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 121, Issue 10 , Pages 1602-1615 , October 2010

High-yield decomposition of surface EMG signals

  • S. Hamid Nawab

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • NeuroMuscular Research Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • ,
  • Shey-Sheen Chang

      Affiliations

    • Delsys Inc., Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • ,
  • Carlo J. De Luca

      Affiliations

    • Delsys Inc., Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • NeuroMuscular Research Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Delsys, Inc., 650 Beacon Street, 6th Floor, Boston MA 02215, USA. Tel.: +1 617 353 9756.

,Accepted 19 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.11.092

Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 121, Issue 10 , Pages 1602-1615 , October 2010

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