Construction and validation of a plunge electrode array for three-dimensional determination of conductivity in the heart

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 626-635

  Hooks, Darren A ^a   Trew, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bidomain computer model; Electrical conductivity; Extracellular potential; Heart; Plunge electrode

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ELECTRICAL SHOCK; PLUNGE ELECTRODE ARRAY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR WALL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRODE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEEDLE; SINUS RHYTHM; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 38349054535     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2007.903705     Document Type: Article

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