A resistor interpretation of general anisotropic cardiac tissue

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-174

  Shao, Hai ^a   Sampson, Kevin J ^b   Pormann, John B ^b   Rose, Donald J ^a   Henriquez, Craig S ^a,b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cardiac modeling; Delaunay triangulation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CARDIOLOGY; DIFFUSION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RESISTORS;

CARDIAC TISSUES; MESH STRUCTURE;

TISSUE;

CARDIOLOGY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0346040251     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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