A System for In-Vivo Cardiac Defibrillation Current Density Imaging in a Pig

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 175-178

  DeMonte, T P ^a   Yoon, R S ^a   Jorgenson, D B ^b   Joy, M L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Current density imaging; Defibrillation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRENT DENSITY; DATA ACQUISITION; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRODES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SYNCHRONIZATION;

CURRENT DENSITY IMAGING (CDI); DEFIBRILLATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 1542362584     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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