Computational Inverse Problems in Electrocardiography

Computational Inverse Problems in Electrocardiography
(Advances in Computational Bioengineering Vol. 5)
Editor: P. Johnston
Pages: 304 Hard Cover
ISBN: 1853126144
WIT Press 2001
List Price: $298.00

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From the Publisher:

The inverse problem of electrocardiography is an important issue in the diagnosis of cardiac electrical conduction defects and other cardiac related health issues. An accurate solution to this problem provides an important addition to methods of pinpointing regions of tissue damage following acute myocardial infarction or establishing the sites of ectopic beats. However, before such technology can be placed in the hands of clinicians, considerable developmental work must be performed in the areas of applied mathematics, computation, physics and engineering.

This book provides a unique survey of recent advances in these areas and highlights ongoing research and problems to be overcome before such accurate solutions can be obtained. It is primarily intended for researchers and graduate students in biomedical engineering, and for clinicians who wish to apply these techniques in their work.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. The Spatial Covariance Used in Computing the Pericardial Potential Distribution

Chapter 2. Adaptive Finite Element and Local Regularization Methods for the Inverse ECG Problem

Chapter 3. On the Feasibility of Solving Electrocardiographic Inverse Problems Using Laplacian ECG

Chapter 4. The L-Curve and its Use in the Numerical Treatment of Inverse Problems

Chapter 5. Myocardial Activation Imaging

Chapter 6. A Comparison of Methods for Regularization Parameter Determination in the Inverse Problem of Electrocardiography

Chapter 7. Validation Approaches for Electrocardiographic Inverse Problems

Chapter 8. Clinical Application of the Inverse Problem