Computational modelling of cardiac electrophysiology: Explanation of the variability of results from different numerical solvers

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 890-903

  Pathmanathan, P ^a   Bernabeu, M O ^a   Niederer, S A ^b   Gavaghan, D J ^a   Kay, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element; Mass lumping; Numerical methods; Operator splitting; Verification

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CONDUCTION VELOCITY; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT CODES; IONIC CURRENT; MASS-LUMPING; NUMERICAL ERRORS; NUMERICAL SOLVERS; OPERATOR-SPLITTING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; VERIFICATION;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RABBIT;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RABBITS;

EID: 84864775634     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2467     Document Type: Article

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