Extracting isovolumes from three-dimensional torso geometry using PROLOG

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-19

  Replogle, Janice A ^a   Russomanno, David J ^b   De Jongh, Amy L ^a   Claydon, Fritz J ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b SAS INSTITUTE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational cardiac electrophysiology; Defibrillation simulation; Implantable defibrillation device; Isovolume extraction; PROLOG; Three dimensional torso model; Volume visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

DEFIBRILLATION SIMULATION;

CARDIOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; THORAX;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; THORAX;

EID: 0032008464     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4233.678528     Document Type: Article

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