Using a Seminorm for Wavelet Denoising of sEMG Signals for Monitoring during Rehabilitation with Embedded Orthosis System

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Using a Seminorm for Wavelet Denoising of sEMG Signals for Monitoring during Rehabilitation with Embedded Orthosis System. / Schimmack, Manuel; Hand, Andrea; Mercorelli, Paolo et al.
2015 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA). IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. p. 467-472.

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Schimmack, M, Hand, A, Mercorelli, P & Georgiadis, A 2015, Using a Seminorm for Wavelet Denoising of sEMG Signals for Monitoring during Rehabilitation with Embedded Orthosis System. in 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA). IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 467-472, 10th IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications - MeMeA 2015, Turin, Italy, 07.05.15. https://doi.org/10.1109/MeMeA.2015.7145249

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Schimmack, M., Hand, A., Mercorelli, P., & Georgiadis, A. (2015). Using a Seminorm for Wavelet Denoising of sEMG Signals for Monitoring during Rehabilitation with Embedded Orthosis System. In 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA) (pp. 467-472). IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/MeMeA.2015.7145249

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Schimmack M, Hand A, Mercorelli P, Georgiadis A. Using a Seminorm for Wavelet Denoising of sEMG Signals for Monitoring during Rehabilitation with Embedded Orthosis System. In 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA). IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. p. 467-472 doi: 10.1109/MeMeA.2015.7145249

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