Examination of depth-weighted optical signals during cardiac optical mapping: A simulation study

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 732-738

  Xu, Zhenghong ^a,b   Zhang, Zhenxi ^a   Jin, Yinbin ^a,b   Wang, Jing ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiac electrophysiology; Computer simulation; Fluorescence; Optical mapping

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; OPTICAL MAPPING; TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIAL;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE; HEART; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COLORING AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHOTONS;

EID: 33947183419     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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