Title :
ECGSIM: an Interactive Tool for the Study of the Relation between the Electric Activity of the Heart and the QRST Waveforms at the Body Surface
Author :
Oostendorp, Thom F. ; Van Oosterom, Adriaan
Author_Institution :
Department of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Abstract :
ECGSIM is an interactive computer program that solves the forward problem of electrocardiology. The user may set the depolarization and repolarization times at the heart surface, as well as the transmembrane potential amplitude. The program computes the resulting ECGs at the body surface. In this way, the effect of changes of the electric activity of the heart on the ECG can be studied. ECGSIM may be downloaded, free of charge, from the web.
Keywords :
ECG; forward computation; source model; Conductivity; Conductors; Electrocardiography; Electronic switching systems; Heart; Inverse problems; Myocardium; Pattern recognition; Surface waves; Thorax;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2004. IEMBS '04. 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8439-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1404000
