Image-based models of cardiac structure with applications in arrhythmia and defibrillation studies

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157.e1-157.e10

  Vadakkumpadan, Fijoy ^a   Rantner, Lukas J ^a   Tice, Brock ^a   Boyle, Patrick ^b   Prassl, Anton J ^c   Vigmond, Edward ^b   Plank, Gernot ^c   Trayanova, Natalia ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFARCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 60349107245     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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