The Effects of Thoracic Inhomogeneities on the Relationship Between Epicardial and Torso Potentials

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-33, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 273-284

  Stanley, Peggy C ^a   Pilkington, Theo C ^a   Morrow, Mary N ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY - MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS - VOLTAGE;

INTERNAL CONDUCTIVITY INTERFACES; RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EPICARDIAL AND TORSO POTENTIALS; THORACIC INHOMOGENEITIES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BONE; DOG; HEART; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPINE; STERNUM;

ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THORAX;

EID: 0022559443     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1986.325711     Document Type: Article

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