An advanced algorithm for solving partial differential equation in cardiac conduction

Author

Qu, Zhilin ; Garfinkel, Alan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Med./Cardiology, California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

46

Issue

9

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1166

Lastpage

1168

Abstract

An advanced integration method for solving reaction-diffusion-type equations for cardiac conduction is suggested. Operator splitting and adaptive time step methods were used in this method, which can significantly speed up integration while preserving accuracy.

Keywords

bioelectric potentials; biological tissues; biology computing; cardiology; computational complexity; integration; medical computing; partial differential equations; physiological models; reaction-diffusion systems; CPU time; action potentials; adaptive time step methods; advanced algorithm; advanced integration method; cardiac conduction; cardiac tissue; computer simulation; forward Euler method; membrane potential; operator splitting; partial differential equation; reaction-diffusion-type equations; Adaptive arrays; Biomembranes; Cardiac tissue; Cardiology; Computational modeling; Differential equations; Numerical simulation; Numerical stability; Partial differential equations; Voltage; Algorithms; Computer Simulation; Heart Conduction System; Humans; Models, Cardiovascular;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9294

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/10.784149

Filename

784149