Computational Studies of Transthoracic and Transvenous Defibrillation in a Detailed 3-D Human Thorax Model

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 172-184

  Jorgenson, Dawn Blilie ^a   Haynor, David R ^b   Bardy, Gust H ^b   Kim, Yongmin ^b  

^a Suite 500 2401 Fourth Ave WA 98121   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE;

ELECTRODE POSITION; HUMAN THORAX; LEFT VENTRICLE; MYOCARDIAL VOLTAGE GRADIENT; TRANSTHORACIC DEFIBRILLATION; TRANSVENOUS DEFIBRILLATION;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; THORAX;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029239602     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.341830     Document Type: Article

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