Influence of inhomogeneities in muscle tissue on single-fibre action potentials: A model study

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-95

  Rutten, W L C ^a   Van Veen, B K ^a,b   Stroeve, S H ^a,c   Boom, H B K ^a   Wallinga, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood vessel; Boundary effects; Connective tissue; Finite element modelling; Single muscle fibre action potential; Volume conduction

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SINGLE MUSCLE FIBRE ACTION POTENTIALS (SFAP);

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0031105345     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02534136     Document Type: Article

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