Nonfluoroscopic localization of an Amagnetic Catheter in a realistic torso phantom by Magnetocardiographic and Body Surface Potential Mapping

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11 II, 1998, Pages 2485-2491

  Fenici, Riccardo ^a   Pesola, Katja ^b,c   Mäkijärvi, Markku ^b,c   Nenonen, Jukka ^b,c   Teener, Uwe ^d   Fenici, Peter ^a   Katila, Toivo ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amagnetic pacing catheter; Body surface potential mapping; Boundary element method; Current dipole localization; Magnetocardiography; Phantom measurement

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIPOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETER; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRUNK;

EID: 0031784614     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01206.x     Document Type: Article

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