Patient-specific three-dimensional torso models for analysing cardiac activity

Computing in Cardiology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 973-976

  Vanheusden, Frederique ^a   Loures Salinet, João ^b   Nicolson, William B ^b   McCann, Gerry P ^b,c   Ng, G André ^b,c   Schlindwein, Fernando S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Leicester NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Cardiovascular Disease   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; EDGE DETECTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CANNY FILTER; CARDIAC ACTIVITY; CARDIAC ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY; CONTOUR DETECTION; CONTOUR POINTS; MAPPING TECHNIQUES; PATIENT SPECIFIC; POLAR COORDINATES SYSTEM; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 84875664546     PISSN: 23258861     EISSN: 2325887X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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