title: The Brody effect revisited.
abstract: This paper reexamines the Brody effect, both in the far-field and in the near-field approximation. It stresses the fact that near an inhomogeneity the Brody factor is not a constant but a function of space. A full documentation of this function for realistic values of the inhomogeneity as relevant to electrocardiography is included. The existence of a zone having "anomalous" Brody factors is demonstrated. Moreover, the importance for this problem of the zero reference point is stressed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Oosterom
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Plonsey
mesh_terms: D001810:Blood Volume; D002306:Cardiac Volume; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000502:physiology*; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular