An Equivalent Body Surface Charge Model Representing Three-Dimensional Bioelectrical Activity

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 637-646

  He, Bin ^a   Chernyak, Yuri B ^a   Cohen, Richard J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOELECTRICAL SOURCES; BODY SURFACE CHARGE; FINITE SPATIAL SAMPLING; LAPLACIAN;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NOISE; SURFACE CHARGE;

NASA DISCIPLINE REGULATORY PHYSIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029329107     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.391162     Document Type: Article

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