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Applications of the Visible Human Male Data Set in Electrocardiology:
Calculation and Visualization of Body Surface Potential Maps of a Complete
Heart Cycle
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F. B. Sachse, Ph.D., C. D. Werner, K. Meyer-Waarden,
O. Dössel
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe,
Germany
fs@ibt.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de
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Abstract
The Visible Man dataset has found manifold applications
as an anatomical atlas and in the simulation of physical behaviour of the
human body. This study demonstrates the usage of the Visible Man Dataset
to determine the potential and current distribution in the human body due
to cardiac current sources. This knowledge is of importance for diagnosis
in electrocardiology [3].
The standard approach to achieve this
knowledge is measurement with invasive and noninvasive methods, e. g. Electrocardiography
and Magnetocardiography. Our approach is the computer aided simulation
based on conductivity models, models of cardiac sources, and numerical
methods to calculate electric fields.
Keywords: cardiology, noninvasive
measurement, computer aided simulation, conductivity models.
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