Multilevel homogenization applied to the cardiac bidomain equations

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

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 584-587

  Austin, Travis ^a   Trew, Mark ^a   Pullan, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOLARIZATION; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CARDIAC BIDOMAIN EQUATIONS; DEFIBRILLATION SHOCKS;

HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 34047175478     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259683     Document Type: Conference Paper

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