Simulation of cardiac excitation patterns in a three-dimensional anatomical heart atlas

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 191-205

  Freudenberg, J ^a   Schiemann, T ^a   Tiede, U ^a   Hohne K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Excitable media; Information fusion; Interactive visualization; Knowledge based systems

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATA THEORY; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; BUNDLE OF HIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SINOATRIAL NODE; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034662457     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(00)00005-6     Document Type: Article

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