A single equivalent moving dipole model: An efficient approach for localizing sites of origin of ventricular electrical activation

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 564-576

  Armoundas, Antonis A ^a   Feldman, Andrew B ^a   Mukkamala, Ramakrishna ^a   Cohen, Richard J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmias; Catheter ablation; Single equivalent dipole model

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ALGORITHMS; BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIALS; CARDIAC ARRHYTMIAS; CATHETER ABLATION; INVERSE ALGORITHMS; SINGLE EQUIVALENT DIPOLE MODEL;

CATHETERS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NON-PROGRAMMATIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIA; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0038204554     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1567281     Document Type: Article

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