Regional regularization of the electrocardiographic inverse problem: A model study using spherical geometry

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 188-199

  Oster, Howard S ^a   Rudy, Yoram ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; inverse problem; regional regularization; regularization; spheres model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

ARTIFACTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0031018316     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.552248     Document Type: Article

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