The effects of variable thickness skeletal muscle on body surface potentials using an eccentric spheres model

John A. Schmidt, Natalia A. Trayanova, Theo C. Pilkington

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Abstract

The eccentric spheres model is further developed to incorporate the effect of a variable-thickness skeletal-muscle layer. For the typical heart eccentricity of 5 cm, the peak body surface potential increases by nearly 63% from an anterior thickness of 3 cm (i.e. the uniform thickness assumption) to an anterior thickness of 1 cm (i.e., variable thick with a posterior thickness of 5 cm). The results indicate that introducing variation in the thickness of the muscle layer has a significant effect on the magnitude of the body surface potentials.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationBiomedical Engineering Perspectives
Subtitle of host publicationHealth Care Technologies for the 1990's and Beyond
PublisherPubl by IEEE
Pages628
Number of pages1
Editionpt 2
ISBN (Print)0879425598
StatePublished - 1990
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 12th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - Philadelphia, PA, USA
Duration: Nov 1 1990Nov 4 1990

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Numberpt 2
ISSN (Print)0589-1019

Other

OtherProceedings of the 12th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
CityPhiladelphia, PA, USA
Period11/1/9011/4/90

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Health Informatics

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