Real-time interactive volumetric animation of the heart's electrical cycle from automatically synchronized ECG

Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 353-360

  Ryan, John ^a   O'Sullivan, Carol ^b   Bell, Christopher ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cardiac modelling; ECG simulation; Texture based volume; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATA THEORY; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SUPERCOMPUTERS; TEXTURES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CARDIAC MODELING; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; ECG SIMULATION; TEXTURE-BASED VOLUME;

ANIMATION;

EID: 23444434539     PISSN: 15464261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cav.39     Document Type: Conference Paper

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