Use of Cardiac Electric Near-Field Measurements to Determine Activation Times

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1066-1076

  Plank, G ^a   Hofer, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiac tissue; Electric field; Electrode array; Local activation time; Local conduction velocity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; HEAT CONDUCTION; VECTORS;

LOCAL ACTIVATION TIME;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVALUATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0242384133     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1603258     Document Type: Article

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