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A Qualitative Spatial Representation for Cardiac Electrophysiology

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AIME 87

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics ((LNMED,volume 33))

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A qualitative representation for the distribution of polarized and depolarized areas of conductive tissue in the heart is presented. This is based on the idea of spatially continuous “lobes” of tissue made up of cells which are all in a similar electrical state. The range of possible lobe-configurations is investigated. Changes in lobe-configuration are discussed in relation to qualitative states of lobe-boundaries. Pointers to possible uses of the representation are given.

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  1. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Group School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QT, UK

    Nick Gotts

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  1. Biomedical Computing Unit, Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories, Lincoln’s Inn Field, WC2A 3PX, London, UK

    John Fox

  2. Laboratoire d’Informatique Médical de la Faculté de Médecine, Université de Marseille, Boulevard Jean Moulin 27, 13385, Marseille Cédex 5, France

    Marius Fieschi

  3. MEDIS-Institut, Gesellschaft für Strahlen- und Umweltforschung mbH München, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 8042, Neuherberg, Federal Republic of Germany

    Rolf Engelbrecht

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Gotts, N. (1987). A Qualitative Spatial Representation for Cardiac Electrophysiology. In: Fox, J., Fieschi, M., Engelbrecht, R. (eds) AIME 87. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 33. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95549-5_10

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