Effect of Inhomogeneities on the Apparent Location and Magnitude of a Cardiac Current Dipole Source

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-17, Issue 2, 1970, Pages 141-146

  Martin Arthur, R ^a   Geselowitz, David B ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; ELECTRONICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HUMAN; LUNG; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BLOOD VOLUME; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HUMAN; LUNG; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

BIOENGINEERING;

EID: 0014762034     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1970.4502713     Document Type: Article

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