title: A reference dataset for verifying numerical electrophysiological heart models.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The evaluation, verification and comparison of different numerical heart models are difficult without a commonly available database that could be utilized as a reference. Our aim was to compile an exemplary dataset.
  
  
  METHODS
  The following methods were employed: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of heart and torso, Body Surface Potential Maps (BSPM) and MagnetoCardioGraphy (MCG) maps. The latter were recorded simultaneously from the same individuals a few hours after the MRI sessions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A training dataset is made publicly available; datasets for blind testing will remain undisclosed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While the MRI data may provide a common input that can be applied to different numerical heart models, the verification and comparison of different models can be performed by comparing the measured biosignals with forward calculated signals from the models.
authors.affiliation: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Abbestr, 2-12, 10587 Berlin, Germany. hans.koch@ptb.de
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: Ralf-Dieter
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Bousseljot
authors.forename: Olaf
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kosch
authors.forename: Cosima
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jahnke
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Paetsch
authors.forename: Eckart
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fleck
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schnackenburg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001830:Body Surface Area; D016208:Databases, Factual; D055724:Electrophysiological Phenomena; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008280:Magnetics; D053798:Magnetocardiography; D008297:Male; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results