Accuracy of the conductance catheter for measurement of ventricular volumes seen clinically: Effects of electric field homogeneity and parallel conductance

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 266-277

  Wu, Clarence C ^a,c   Skalak, Thomas C ^a   Schwenk, Thomas R ^a,b   Mahler, Christine M ^a,b   Anne, Antharvedi ^a,b   Finnerty, Patrick W ^a   Haber, Howard L ^a   Weikle, Robert M ^b   Feldman, Marc D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductance catheter; field homogeneity; modeling; parallel conductance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VOLUME;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC VOLUME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031003322     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.563296     Document Type: Article

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