A method for detecting myocardial abnormality by using a total current-vector calculated from ST-segment deviation of a magnetocardiogram signal

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-28

  Kandori, A ^a   Kanzaki, H ^b   Miyatake, K ^b   Hashimoto, S ^b   Itoh, S ^b   Tanaka, N ^b   Miyashita, T ^a   Tsukada, K ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ischaemia; Magnetocardiogram; ST shift

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

MAGNETOCARDIOGRAM;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; REMOTE SENSING; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ST SEGMENT;

EID: 0035150492     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02345262     Document Type: Article

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