Myofiber orientation and electrical activation in human and sheep atrial models

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 6365-6368

  Zhao, Jichao ^a   Krueger, Martin W ^b   Seemann, Gunnar ^b   Meng, Shu ^a   Zhang, Henggui ^c   Dössel, Olaf ^b   Legrice, Ian J ^a,d   Smaill, Bruce H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D IMAGE; ANATOMICAL MODELS; ANDERSONS; ATRIAL MODELS; COLOR CONTRAST; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; ELECTRICAL ACTIVATION; FIBER TRACTS; IMAGE-BASED MODELS; MACROPHOTOGRAPHY; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; RULE-BASED METHOD; SEMI-AUTOMATICS; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA; SURFACE MICROSCOPY; VISUAL TRACING;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MUSCLE; PHOTOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; HEART ATRIUM; HUMAN; MUSCLE FIBRIL; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOFIBRILS; SHEEP;

EID: 84870780886     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347450     Document Type: Conference Paper

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