The localization of focal heart activity via body surface potential measurements: Tests in a heterogeneous torso phantom

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 5395-5409

  Wetterling, F ^a,b,c   Liehr, M ^a   Schimpf, P ^d   Liu, H ^e,f   Haueisen, J ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SURFACE POTENTIALS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN HEART; IN-VIVO; LOCALIZATION ERRORS; MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLE SIGNAL CLASSIFICATION; NON-INVASIVE; RAP-MUSIC; SOURCE LOCALIZATION; STATE-OF-THE-ART ALGORITHMS; TORSO PHANTOM; TORSO SURFACES;

SURFACE POTENTIAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER MUSIC;

ALGORITHM; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE; PHANTOM; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUNK; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350639606     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/18/003     Document Type: Article

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