Effects of tissue conductivity variations on the cardiac magnetic fields simulated with a realistic heart-torso model

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1247-1263

  Czapski, P ^a   Ramon, C ^a,b   Huntsman, L L ^b   Bardy, G H ^c   Kim, Y ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; CONDUCTANCE; HEART; HUMAN; LUNG; MAGNETIC FIELD; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE;

BIOPHYSICS; BLOOD PHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEART; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030015480     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/8/001     Document Type: Article

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