Evaluation of electrocardiogram T-wave dispersion measurement methods

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 410-415

  Lund, Kaspar ^a   Lund, B ^a   Brohet, C ^b   Nygaard, H ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Electrophysiology; Repolarisation; Vector loop

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

VECTOR LOOPS;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; T WAVE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0041807956     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02348083     Document Type: Article

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