Comprehensive study of Howland circuit with non-ideal components to design high performance current pumps

A Mahnam, H Yazdanian, MM Samani - Measurement, 2016 - Elsevier
Howland circuit is a popular high performance, voltage-controlled current pump, which can
both sink and source precise amounts of current and provide high output impedance as well …

Howland current source for high impedance load applications

KF Morcelles, VG Sirtoli, P Bertemes-Filho… - Review of Scientific …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
For Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) applications, the Enhanced Howland Current
Source (EHCS) is a popular choice as an excitation circuit due to its simplicity, reliability, and …

Mirrored enhanced Howland current source with feedback control

V Grando Sirtoli, V Coelho Vincence… - Review of Scientific …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
An impedance spectrum is calculated by the ratio between an injecting current and a
resulting measured voltage, which allows the extraction of electrical properties from the …

Trade-offs in sensor systems design: A tutorial

C Sapsanis, M Sophocleous, AG Andreou… - IEEE Sensors …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this tutorial, we discuss trade-offs in sensor system design. With examples from
engineered systems in our laboratories, we address design considerations at the different …

Design of current sources for load common mode optimization

VG Sirtoli, KF Morcelles, VC Vincence - Journal of Electrical …, 2018 - sciendo.com
Bioimpedance measurement systems often use the Howland current sources to excite the
biological material under study. Usually, difference or instrumentation amplifiers are used to …

Load in the loop dual howland current source for wide frequency bandwidth and wide load range bioimpedance measurements

H Nouri, D Bouchaala, Y Zhao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Howland current source is widely recognized as a high-efficiency voltage-controlled
current source (VCCS) because it delivers a precise and stable current with a high output …

Design and evaluation of an electrical bioimpedance device based on DIBS for myography during isotonic exercises

V Sirtoli, K Morcelles, J Gomez… - Journal of Low Power …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Electrical Bioimpedance Spectroscopy (EIS) is a technique used to assess passive electrical
properties of biological materials. EIS detects physiological and pathological conditions in …

Design of bioimpedance spectroscopy instrument with compensation techniques for soft tissue characterization

RE Dodde, GH Kruger, AJ Shih - Journal of Medical …, 2015 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) has shown significant potential in many areas of medicine
to provide new physiologic markers. Several acute and chronic diseases are accompanied …

Current source enhancements in Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) to cancel unwanted capacitive effects

A Zarafshani, T Bach, C Chatwin… - Medical Imaging …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) has emerged as a non-invasive imaging modality
to detect and quantify functional or electrical properties related to the suspicious tumors in …

Bioimpedance of Soft Tissue Under Compression and Applications to Electrosurgery.

RE Dodde - 2011 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
This research studies the impact of compression on the electrical impedance of soft tissue.
Soft tissue compression occurs in many ways, either physiologically or through forces …