Personalized Multi-Scale Modeling of the Atria: Heterogeneities, Fiber Architecture, Hemodialysis and Ablation Therapy

• Main Author: Krüger, Martin Wolfgang (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2013
• Series: Karlsruhe transactions on biomedical engineering / Ed.: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology / Institute of Biomedical Engineering
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; atrial fibrillation; radio-frequency ablation; hemodialysis therapy; atrial anatomy; cardiac modeling
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book targets three fields of computational multi-scale cardiac modeling. First, advanced models of the cellular atrial electrophysiology and fiber orientation are introduced. Second, novel methods to create patient-specific models of the atria are described. Third, applications of personalized...