Computational techniques for solving the bidomain equations in three dimensions

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1260-1269

  Vigmond, Edward J ^a,b   Aguel, Felipe ^a,c   Trayanova, Natalia A ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidomain; Computer modeling; Finite difference; Finite element method; Parallel computing

Indexed keywords

PARALLELIZATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; LINEAR EQUATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036846263     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2002.804597     Document Type: Article

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