A high-order coupled finite element/boundary element torso model

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 292-298

  Pullan, Andrew ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT TORSO MODEL; HERMITE INTERPOLATION; HIGH ORDER COUPLED FINITE ELEMENT BOUNDARY ELEMENT PROCEDURE;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HUMAN FORM MODELS; INTERPOLATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0030110960     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.486286     Document Type: Article

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