A Linear Discretization of the Volume Conductor Boundary Integral Equation Using Analytically Integrated Elements

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1992, Pages 986-990

  de Munck, J C ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CARDIOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INTERPOLATION;

LINEAR INTERPOLATION APPROACH; VOLUME CONDUCTOR BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONDUCTOR; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POTENTIOMETRY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; LINEAR MODELS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 0026926316     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.256433     Document Type: Article

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