Velocity field analysis of activation maps in atrial fibrillation a simulation study

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1014-1017

  Masè, Michela ^a   Del Greco, M ^b   Marini, M ^b   Ravelli, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia mechanisms; Atrial fibrillation; Mapping; Velocity field analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DISEASES; INTERPOLATION; MAPPING; MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL PHYSICS; VECTORS; VELOCITY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION(RBF); VECTOR FIELD ANALYSIS; VELOCITY FIELD; VELOCITY VECTOR FIELD; WAVEFRONT COLLISIONS;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950108956     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03882-2_270     Document Type: Conference Paper

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