Abstract
A qualitative representation for the distribution of polarized and depolarized areas of conductive tissue in the heart is presented. This is based on the idea of spatially continuous “lobes” of tissue made up of cells which are all in a similar electrical state. The range of possible lobe-configurations is investigated. Changes in lobe-configuration are discussed in relation to qualitative states of lobe-boundaries. Pointers to possible uses of the representation are given.
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Gotts, N. (1987). A Qualitative Spatial Representation for Cardiac Electrophysiology. In: Fox, J., Fieschi, M., Engelbrecht, R. (eds) AIME 87. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 33. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95549-5_10
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