title: On the algorithm for computing body surface Laplacians in an inhomogeneous volume conductor of arbitrary shape.
abstract: In this short communication, a corrected version of algorithm for calculating the body surface Laplacian (BSL) in an inhomogeneous volume conductor of arbitrary shape is described. The present computer simulation results show that the corrected algorithm can give an accurate numerical solution. This algorithm was then applied to examine the effect of the lung inhomogeneity on the BSL's in a realistically shaped torso model. The simulation results show that the low-conductivity lungs have little effect on both topology and magnitudes of body surface Laplacian maps (BSLM's) for a single dipole source.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago 60607, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004562:Electrocardiography; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008168:Lung; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D013499:Surface Properties