Thorax Models for ECG and MCG Studies

Volume Conductor Models of the Thorax and the Head

MODEL TYPE	BASIC MODEL COMPONENTS							APPLICATION
	Homog.	Inhomogeneities included					Anisotropy
		Lungs	+ Heart	+ Intrac blood	+ Other blood	+ Other

Finite Difference Method					Tasmania			ECG
				Bath			Skeletal muscle	ECG,MCG
						RGI		ECG,MCG,EEG
					Minnes			ICG

Finite Element Method						Utah		ECG
					Wisc			Defibr.
						Seattle		Defibr

Boundary Element Method				Nijmegen				ECG
				Tasmania				ECG
	StLouis		StLouis					ECG
				DalhU				ECG
				HUT				ECG
				Montreal				ECG
	IBBE							ECG
		N-K Jap						ECG
				Philips				ECG
				Graz				ECG
			Montreal					Anisotr. propag.
			DalhU					Anisotr. propag.
			N-K Jap					Anisotr. propag.

RESEARCH INSTITUTES CONTACT PERSON

Bath University of Bath, Bath, UK Donald M Monro
Stuart W Edwards

DalhU Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada Gerhard Stroink

Graz Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria Paul Wach

HUT Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland Toivo Katila

IBBE Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Warsaw, Poland

N-K Jap Nihon Kohden Inc., Japan Daming Wei

Philips Philips GmbH, Research Dept., Technical Systems, Hamburg, Germany

RGI Ragnar Granit Institute, Tampere, Finland Jaakko Malmivuo
Jari Hyttinen

StLouis Washington University, St. Louis, USA Martin Arthur

Montreal Institut de Génie Biomédical, Ecole Polytechnique, Université de Montreal, Montreal, Canada Ramesh Gulrajani

Nijmegen University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Adriaan van Oosterom
Thom Oostendorp

Tasmania University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia David Kilpatrick
Peter Johnston

Utah University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA Robert S. MacLeod
Christopher R. Johnson

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	RESEARCH INSTITUTES	CONTACT PERSON

Bath	University of Bath, Bath, UK	Donald M Monro Stuart W Edwards
DalhU	Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada	Gerhard Stroink
Graz	Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria	Paul Wach
HUT	Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland	Toivo Katila
IBBE	Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Warsaw, Poland
N-K Jap	Nihon Kohden Inc., Japan	Daming Wei
Philips	Philips GmbH, Research Dept., Technical Systems, Hamburg, Germany
RGI	Ragnar Granit Institute, Tampere, Finland	Jaakko Malmivuo Jari Hyttinen
StLouis	Washington University, St. Louis, USA	Martin Arthur
Montreal	Institut de Génie Biomédical, Ecole Polytechnique, Université de Montreal, Montreal, Canada	Ramesh Gulrajani
Nijmegen	University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands	Adriaan van Oosterom Thom Oostendorp
Tasmania	University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia	David Kilpatrick Peter Johnston
Utah	University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA	Robert S. MacLeod Christopher R. Johnson