Noninvasive visualization of multiple simultaneously activated regions on torso magnetocardiographic maps during ventricular depolarization

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 305-313

  Tsukada, Keiji ^a   Mitsui, Toshio ^b   Terada, Yasushi ^b   Horigome, Hitoshi ^b   Yamaguchi, Iwao ^b  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beginning of QRS; Multichannel superconducting quantum interference device system; Multiple active regions; Tangential magnetocardiogram; Ventricular depolarization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0032702645     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(99)90001-8     Document Type: Article

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