Challenges facing validation of noninvasive electrical imaging of the heart

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-82

  Nash, Martyn P ^a,b   Pullan, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Activation sequence; Body surface potential mapping (BSPM); Cardiac mapping; ECG inverse; Epicardial potentials; Experimental validation; QRST integral map

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BODY SURFACE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MODEL; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW; SINUS RHYTHM; SKIN ELECTRODE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 16444364384     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2005.00608.x     Document Type: Review

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