Title :
Imaging the electrical activity of the heart: direct and inverse approaches
Author :
Brooks, Dana H. ; MacLeod, Robert S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
We describe an imaging modality whose goal is the display and interpretation of the electrical activity of the heart via measurements of electrical potentials made either through invasive procedures or non-invasively on the body surface. The goal of this imaging process is not to reconstruct anatomical geometry, but rather to display, analyze, and understand the normal and abnormal electrical activity of the heart in order to apply this knowledge to the diagnosis and monitoring of patients
Keywords :
electric potential; electrocardiography; image sequences; inverse problems; medical image processing; patient monitoring; body surface; electrical activity; electrical potentials; heart; imaging modality; invasive procedures; noninvasive procedure; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; Cardiology; Displays; Electric potential; Electric variables measurement; Geometry; Heart; Image analysis; Image reconstruction; Patient monitoring; Surface reconstruction;
Conference_Titel :
Image Processing, 1994. Proceedings. ICIP-94., IEEE International Conference
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6952-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICIP.1994.413746
