Measuring curvature and velocity vector fields for waves of cardiac excitation in 2-D media

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-63

  Kay, Matthew W ^a,b,c   Gray, Richard A ^a,d,e  

^a and Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmias; Cardiac electrophysiology; Conduction velocity; Wave curvature

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CARDIOLOGY; TISSUE; VECTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS; CARDIAC TISSUE; PLANAR WAVEFRONT; WAVE SPEED;

WAVEFRONTS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; VELOCITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 11244272706     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.839798     Document Type: Article

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