Relating Epicardial to Body Surface Potential Distributions by Means of Transfer Coefficients Based on Geometry Measurements

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-24, Issue 1, 1977, Pages 1-11

  Barf, Roger C ^a   Ramsey, Maynard ^a   Spach, Madison S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

BODY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; THEORETICAL STUDY; THORAX ELECTRIC FIELD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PERICARDIUM; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0017367634     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1977.326201     Document Type: Article

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