Characterization and modeling of the peripheral cardiac conduction system

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-55

  Sebastian, Rafael ^a   Zimmerman, Viviana ^b   Romero, Daniel ^c   Sanchez Quintana, Damian ^d   Frangi, Alejandro F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac electrophysiology; cardiac histology; heart modeling; Purkinje system

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONDUCTION SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL ACTIVATION; HEART MODELING; IN-VIVO; L-SYSTEMS; LEFT VENTRICLES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RANGE; PURKINJE SYSTEM; REALISTIC MODEL; TISSUE SAMPLES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; TISSUE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ANATOMIC MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PURKINJE FIBER; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; DOG; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MICROTOMY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DOGS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROTOMY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHOTOGRAPHY; PURKINJE FIBERS; SHEEP;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871985875     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2012.2221474     Document Type: Article

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