Quantitative techniques for analyzing high-resolution cardiac-mapping data

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-72

  Rogers, Jack M ^a,i   Bayly, Philip V ^b,c,d,e   Ideker, Raymond E ^a,e,f,g   Smith, William M ^a,e,h,i  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT MONITORING;

CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS; CARDIAC MAPPING; ISOCHRONAL MAPPING;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; IMAGE DISPLAY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DATA DISPLAY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0031883827     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.646223     Document Type: Review

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