Visualization of atrial excitation by magnetocardiogram

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 305-312

  Sato, Masato ^a   Terada, Yasushi ^b   Mitsui, Toshio ^b   Miyashita, Tsuyoshi ^c   Kandori, Akihiko ^c   Tsukada, Keiji ^c  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial excitation; Magnetocardiogram; Multi channel; SQUID; Vector arrow map

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; HEART EXCITATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; P WAVE; THORAX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MAGNETISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MAGNETICS;

EID: 0035986516     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015597910933     Document Type: Article

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