The transfer matrix for epicardial potential in a piece-wise homogeneous thorax model: The boundary element formulation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 5443-5455

  Stenroos, M ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BODY SURFACE POTENTIALS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT FORMULATIONS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT TECHNIQUES; EPICARDIAL POTENTIALS; FORWARD-TRANSFER; GALERKIN; METHOD OF WEIGHTED RESIDUAL; MODELING ERRORS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PIECE-WISE; SURFACE INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; THORAX MODELS; TRANSFER MATRIXES; VOLUME CONDUCTORS;

ERRORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SIMULATORS; SURFACE POTENTIAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

GALERKIN METHODS;

ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL; CONDUCTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EPICARDIAL POTENTIAL IMAGING; EPICARDIUM; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HEART; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RHYTHM; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX; VOLUMETRY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PERICARDIUM; THORAX;

EID: 70350639604     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/18/006     Document Type: Article

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