Sensitivity of transvenous defibrillation models to adaptive mesh density and resolution: The potential for interactive solution times

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-207

  Schimpf, P H ^a   Wang, Y ^b   Haynor, D R ^c   Kim, Y ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive; Defibrillation; Finite element; Interactive; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

HISTOGRAMS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV TEST; TRANSVENOUS DEFIBRILLATION; VOLTAGE GRADIENT;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRODE; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOGRAM; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0031193795     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(97)00030-0     Document Type: Article

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