MCG simulations with a realistic heart-torso model

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1323-1331

  Ramon, Ceon ^a,b   Czapski, Piotr ^c   Haueisen, Jens ^d   Huntsman, Lee L ^b   Nowak, Hannes ^d   Bardy, Gust H ^e   Leder, Uwe ^d   Kim, Yongmin ^c   Nelson, J A ^f  

^a IEEE

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Biomagnetic fields; Biomagnetism; MCG; MCG simulations; Torso fields; Torso models

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SQUIDS; TISSUE;

BIOMAGNETIC FIELDS; BIOMAGNETISM; HEART TORSO MODEL; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAMS; TORSO FIELDS;

CARDIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIMULATION; THORAX SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0032212671     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.725329     Document Type: Article

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