A Study of the Vector Magnetocardiographic Waveform

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-22, Issue 3, 1975, Pages 167-174

  Rosen, Alan ^a   Inouye, George T ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY;

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM;

AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETICS;

EID: 0016498911     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1975.324556     Document Type: Article

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