Study of Reentry Initiation in Coupled Parallel Fibers

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 665-671

  Marino, I P ^a   Castro Rodriguez, Maite de ^a   Pérez Muñuzuri, Vicente ^a   Gómez Gesteira, Moncho ^a   Pérez Villar, Vicente ^a   Chua, Leon O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW;

CHUA'S OSCILLATOR; COUPLED PARALLEL FIBERS; REENTRY PHENOMENON;

EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS;

EID: 0029386484     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/81.473572     Document Type: Article

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