Realistic computer modelling of electric and magnetic fields of human head and torso

Parallel Computing

Volumn 24, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 1433-1460

  Schimpf, Paul ^a   Haueisen, Jens ^b   Ramon, Ceon ^a,c   Nowak, Hannes ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Cardiac defibrillation modeling; Electroencephalography; Finite element method; Magnetocardiography

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELDS; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; ONLINE CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0032156792     PISSN: 01678191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8191(98)00065-9     Document Type: Article

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