Design of a real-time ventricular fibrillation waveform analysis system for improved low energy DC defibrillation shock delivery

Computers in Cardiology

Volumn 0, Issue 0, 1996, Pages 349-352

  Hsia, Peng Wie ^a   Mendoza, Dennis ^a   Gurunathan, Suresh ^a   Naik, Sandeep ^a   Damiano Jr , Ralph ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER HARDWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ABSOLUTE VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION VOLTAGE; DC DEFIBRILLATION SHOCK DELIVERY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030378714     PISSN: 02766574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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