Title :
Spiral wave meandering and wavefront-obstacle separation
Author :
Starobin, J.M. ; Stanner, C.F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Med. & Comput. Sci., Duke Univ. Med. Center, Durham, NC, USA
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1996
Abstract :
For reentrant arrhythmias, the authors show that the meandering transition is determined by the medium conditions for spiral wave tip attachment-separation from an unexcitable strip of thickness that is comparable with the wavefront thickness
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; cardiology; physiological models; cardiac electrophysiology; meandering transition; medium conditions; reentrant arrhythmias; spiral wave tip attachment; spiral wave tip separation; unexcitable strip; wavefront thickness; Bifurcation; Cardiology; Computer science; Kinetic theory; Oscillators; Piecewise linear techniques; Spirals; Strips; Surface waves; Tail;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3811-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1996.652797
