High performance computer simulations for the study of biological function in 3D heart models incorporating fibre orientation and realistic geometry at Para-cellular resolution

Computers in Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2008, Pages 721-724

  Bernabeu, M O ^a   Bishop, M J ^a   Pitt Francis, J ^a   Gavaghan, D J ^a   Grau, V ^a   Rodriguez B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PIPELINES; WAVEFRONTS;

ACTIVATION WAVEFRONTS; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CARDIAC MODELLING; CARDIAC MODELS; CARDIAC SIMULATIONS; CELLULAR RESOLUTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; DETAILED MODELS; FIBRE ORIENTATIONS; HEART MODELS; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; MR-IMAGES; PATHOLOGICAL CARDIAC FUNCTIONS; PROPAGATION DYNAMICS; REALISTIC GEOMETRIES; STRUCTURAL DETAILS; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRIES; TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 62249215026     PISSN: 02766574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CIC.2008.4749143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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