Computing the Electrical Activity in the Heart

This book describes mathematical models and numerical techniques for simulating the electrical activity in the heart. The book gives an introduction to the most important models of the field, followed by a detailed description of numerical techniques for the models. Particular focus is on efficient...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sundnes, Joakim, Lines, Glenn Terje (Author), Cai, Xing (Author), Nielsen, Bjørn Frederik (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2006, 2006
Edition:1st ed. 2006
Series:Monographs in Computational Science and Engineering
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book describes mathematical models and numerical techniques for simulating the electrical activity in the heart. The book gives an introduction to the most important models of the field, followed by a detailed description of numerical techniques for the models. Particular focus is on efficient numerical methods for large scale simulations on both scalar and parallel computers. The results presented in the book will be of particular interest to researchers in bioengineering and computational biology, who face the challenge of solving these complex mathematical models efficiently. The book will also serve as a valuable introduction to a new and exciting field for computational scientists and applied mathematicians
Physical Description:XII, 318 p. 99 illus., 18 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9783540334378