On measuring curvature and electrical diffusion coefficients in anisotropic myocardium: Comments on "effects of bipolar point and line simulation in anisotropic rabbit epicardium: Assessment of the critical radius of curvature for longitudinal block"

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1200-1203

  Winfree, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANISOTROPIC MYOCARDIUM; ELECTRICAL DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; ISOTROPIC REACTION DIFFUSION MEDIA;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RABBIT;

EID: 0030560966     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.544345     Document Type: Article

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