On the accuracy of source localisation in cardiac measurements (magnetocardiography)
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Physics in Medicine & Biology
- Vol. 32 (1) , 125-131
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/32/1/019
Abstract
Describes a localisation study of the sources of bioelectrical activity in the human heart. In particular, the atrial activation (P wave) and the activation of an extra pre-excitation area in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome are investigated. Different models based on the current multipole expansion are used to calculate the inverse solution. A comparison between calculated results, invasive electrophysiological studies and known physiological data is performed. The best results were obtained by the current multipole model with dipole and quadrupole terms. Non-invasive localisation of cardiac electric sources can be useful in studies of arrhythmia patients in the future.Keywords
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