Computing the Electrical Activity in the Heart

• Main Authors: Sundnes, Joakim (Author), Lines, Glenn Terje (Author), Cai, Xing (Author), Nielsen, Bjørn Fredrik (Author), Mardal, Kent-Andre (Author), Tveito, Aslak (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Monographs in Computational Science and Engineering, 1
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Cardiology.; Bioinformatics.; Computational biology.; Computer mathematics.; Mathematical models.; Biomathematics.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Computational Science and Engineering.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Computer Appl. in Life Sciences.

This book describes mathematical models and numerical techniques for simulating the electrical activity in the heart. The book gives an introduction to the most important models of the field, followed by a detailed description of numerical techniques for the models. Particular focus is on efficient...