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. 1966 Mar;6(2):163-73.
doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(66)86648-1.

Limitations on the equivalent cardiac generator

R Plonsey

Limitations on the equivalent cardiac generator

R Plonsey. Biophys J. 1966 Mar.

Abstract

This paper is a critical summary of the implications of potential theory in electrocardiography with particular attention to the "inverse problem." It is emphasized that potential measurements on the human torso serve to determine only the multipole coefficients of the heart sources and that no additional information is available. An interpretation of these coefficients with respect to the actual electrophysiological sources is considered further on the basis of distribution theory.

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