The inverse problem utilizing the boundary element method for a nonstandard female torso

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 876-883

  Jamison, Colin ^a   Navarro, César ^b   Turner, Colin ^a   Shannon, Joanne ^c   Anderson, John ^b   Adgey, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Heartsine Technlogies Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary element method (BEM); electrocardiography; epicardial; inverse problem; scaling

Indexed keywords

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; BODY SURFACE; BODY SURFACE POTENTIALS; CARDIAC PATIENTS; CLINICAL SETTINGS; EPICARDIAL; EPICARDIAL POTENTIALS; FORWARD PROBLEM; SCALING; TRANSFER MATRIXES;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPICARDIAL POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRUNK;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79952950543     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2093525     Document Type: Article

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