The forward and inverse problems of electrocardiography: Gaining a better qualitative and quantitative understanding of the heart's electrical activity

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages

  Gulrajani, Ramesh M ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute of Biomedical Engineering

^d HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIALS; ISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVITY; VOLUME CONDUCTOR;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

EID: 15144354136     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.715491     Document Type: Review

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