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constant, 16 17 Electromagnetic field (EMF), 5 6, 157 161.
scales, 16 17 See also Magnetic field
Diffusivity, 16 17 ablation, 255
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine heating effect, 244
(DICOM), 30 problem, 268 270
Direct ECG problem (D-ECG problem), 98 104 sources, 249
Direct PZT coupling of electric and mechanical Electromagnetic power transferred through
stress fields, 127 boundary, 5 7
Direct segmentation of cardiac tissue, 84 Electromagnetic time constants, 271
Dirichlet condition, 9 Electromagnets, 172
Discordant alternans, 107 108 for magnetic drug targeting, 191 194
Double coil, 227 Elementary length of long cylindrical fiber, 221
Dynamic impedance, 145 146 End-diastolic volume (EDV), 148
End-systolic volume (ESV), 148
E Endocavitary method, 250
Energy, 3 7
Eccentric figure-eight coil, 231
analysis, 252
Efficiency ratio (ER), 227
group, 203
Eigenvalues problems, 12, 13f
Environment, 2
Ejected pressure wave (EPW), 118
Epidoxorubicin, 171
Ejection fraction (EF), 148
Epirubicin, 177
Elastic arterial networks, 75 83
Equilibrium
Elastic blood vessel walls, 75
problems, 12, 12f
Electric current impulses, 217 218
susceptibility, 279
Electric potential, 98 99
Equivalent lumped-parameter(s)
Electrical activity of heart, 93 94
electric circuit, 133 135
action potential coupling with electric field
model, 144 145
diffusion in thorax, 111 115
Equivalent steady flow, 273 274
arterial function evaluation, 123 135
Evolution path, 2
bioelectric sources, 98 99
Exergy, 46
blood pressure pulse wave reflections, 116 122
Experiments, 1 2
coupled direct and inverse ECG problems for
electrical imaging, 99 104 Expiration, 57 58
electrical activity of cardiac strand, 104 111
electrophysiology insights, 95 97 F
Electrical bioimpedance platforms, 143 Fast action potential (Fast AP), 97
Electrical cardiometryt model (ECM), 150 151, Feridex, 176 177
153 161 Ferritin, 175
ECM brachial bioimpedance, 161 164 Ferromagnetic materials, 173
electrical conductivity of blood, 154 155 Finite element method (FEM), 13, 72, 218, 259
electromagnetic field, 157 161 First law analysis, 3 7
hemodynamic of larger vessels, 155 157 FitzHugh Nagumo model, 112
Electrical circuit problems, 10 11 Flood-filling algorithm, 82
Electrical impedance, 144 147 Flow
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT), 144 shapes, 43
Electrical signals, 95 systems, 3
Electrical velocimetryt model (EVM), 150 161 Flow time (FT), 150
Electrocardiography (ECG), 83 Fluid trees, 49 50
recording, 97 Focalization, 227