Development of a human body model for numerical calculation of electrical fields

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 165-171

  Sachse, F B ^a   Werner, C D ^a   Meyer Waarden, K ^a   Dossel O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomical model; Conductivitiy model; Electrical fields

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ANATOMIC MODELS; HUMAN BODY MODELS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034072657     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(00)00016-1     Document Type: Article

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