Simulating cardiac electrophysiology using anisotropic mesh adaptivity

Journal of Computational Science

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 82-88

  Southern, J ^a   Gorman, G J ^b   Piggott, M D ^b   Farrell, P E ^b   Bernabeu, M O ^c   Pitt Francis, J ^c  

^a Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropic mesh adaptivity; Bidomain; Cardiac electrophysiology; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MESHES; BIDOMAIN; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; LOSS OF ACCURACY; MEMORY FOOTPRINT; MESH RESOLUTION; NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL SIMULATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME STEP; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROLOGY;

HEART;

EID: 77953111768     PISSN: 18777503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocs.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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