The Four-Electrode Resistivity Technique in Anisotropic Media: Theoretical Analysis and Application on Myocardial Tissue in Vivo

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1993, Pages 1138-1148

  Steendijk, Paul ^a   Mur, Gerrit ^b   Van Der Velde, Enno T ^a   Baan, Jan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOSENSORS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROELECTRODES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TISSUE;

CARDIAC CYCLE; FOUR ELECTRODE RESISTIVITY TECHNIQUE; MYOCARDIAL TISSUE;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART CYCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; IMPEDANCE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; DOGS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; HEART; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0027692797     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.245632     Document Type: Article

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