A node-based Boundary Element Method to calculate the continuous variation of cardiac potentials over a closed surface

1 October 1992

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Vol. 5, 1770-1771
https://doi.org/10.1109/iembs.1992.5762032

Abstract

A node-based Boundary Element Method (BEM) is proposed to calculate the continuous variation of the potentials over torso boundaries. Comparisons between the results of the node-based method with those of the traditional triangle-based BEM for a homogeneous sphere and realistic torso show that this node-based method gives the same degree of accuracy as the triangle-based method. The smaller matrix dimension for the node-based method results in a significant reduction in computer time.

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