A novel approach to propagation pattern analysis in intracardiac atrial fibrillation signals

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 310-323

  Richter, Ulrike ^a   Faes, Luca ^b   Cristoforetti, Alessandro ^b   Masè, Michela ^b   Ravelli, Flavia ^b   Stridh, Martin ^a   Sörnmo, Leif ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial arrhythmias; Electrograms; Frequency analysis; Granger causality; Mapping; Multivariate autoregressive modeling; Partial directed coherence; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROGRAMS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRANGER CAUSALITY; MULTIVARIATE AUTOREGRESSIVE; PARTIAL DIRECTED COHERENCE; SIMULATION;

DATA RECORDING; DISEASES; RATING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED;

EID: 78650868812     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-0146-8     Document Type: Article

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