Detection of phase singularities in triangular meshes

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 646-654

  Rantner, Lukas Johannes ^a,b   Wieser, L ^a   Stuhlinger M C ^b   Hintringer, F ^b   Tilg, B ^a   Fischer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiac fibrillation; Computer modeling; Phase singularity; Triangular mesh

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEPOLARIZATION; HEART FIBRILLATION; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 37349121355     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME0427     Document Type: Article

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