Title :
Measurement of swine aortic resistivity
Author :
Tsai, Jang-Zern ; Cao, Hong ; Tungjitkusolmun, Supan ; Webster, John G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA
fDate :
30 Oct-2 Nov 1997
Abstract :
The authors measured impedance of swine aorta from 10 Hz to 500 kHz. The resistivity is 184 Ω·cm at low frequencies, it starts to decrease above 10 kHz and becomes 149 Ω·cm at 500 kHz
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biological techniques; blood vessels; electrical resistivity; 10 Hz to 500 kHz; blood vessel electrical properties; cardiac arrhythmias; excitable tissue; radiofrequency catheter ablation; swine aortic resistivity measurement; tissue conductivity; tissue impedance; ventricular tachycardia; Biomedical measurements; Catheters; Conductivity; Electrodes; Frequency measurement; Heart; Impedance; Myocardium; Radio frequency; Strips;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1997. Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4262-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1997.754489
