title: [Geometric representation of the human thorax in electrocardiographic theory].
abstract: An accurate representation of the thoracic surface is required to solve the inverse problem of electrocardiography. For the purpose we have searched the second degree surface which fits 55-88 positions distributed around the trunk. Over a group of 17 young men, we have found that the positions always scattered around an ellipsoid the cephalo-caudal limits of which extended far away from the zero potential gradient levels. This discrepancy is discussed and a proposal is formulated.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D013909:Thorax / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
vernacular_title: Représentation géométrique du thorax humain en théorie électrocardiographique.