Laplacian electrocardiography

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3-5, 1999, Pages 285-338

  He, B ^a   Wu, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

BSLM; BSPM; Electrocardiography; Inverse problem; Laplacian ECG; Laplacian electrocardiography

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; INVERSE PROBLEMS;

LAPLACIAN ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0033501046     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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