Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 56-62 , January 2010

Simultaneous mapping of endocardium and epicardium from multielectrode intrachamber and intravenous catheters: a computer simulation-based validation

  • Engin Baysoy, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering Department, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Uğur Cunedioğlu, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Bülent Yılmaz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering Department, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Biomedical Engineering Department, Baskent University, Baglica Campus, 06530 Ankara, Turkey.

Received 21 March 2009

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PII: S0022-0736(09)00139-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.05.005

Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 56-62 , January 2010

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