Computers in Cardiology 2004, Volume 31

Chicago, USA


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M1Rossana Degani Young Investigator Award
S21Rhythm Management Devices
S22ECG Information Systems
S23Three-Dimensional Echocardiography
S24Modelling I
S31PhysioNet/Computers in Cardiology Challenge I
S32Modelling II
S33Cardiac MRI
S34Diagnostic Resting ECG
S41Decision Making
S42Heart Rate Variability
S43Myocardial Perfusion and Vascular Ultrasound Imaging
S44Atrial Fibrillation
S51System Analysis
S52Respiration and Sleep Apnea
S53Echocardiography / LV Function
M6Plenary Session
P71ECG Analysis
P72Atrial Arryhythmias
P73ECG Repolarization
P74Heart Rate Variability
P75Blood Pressure and Pulse
P76Cardiac Models
P77Echocardiography and Other Cardiovascular Imaging
P78Signals
P79Knowledge Representation
P7AData Standards
M8Plenary Session
S91PhysioNet / Computers in Cardiology Challenge II
S92Database Reporting
S93Blood Pressure
S94ECG - Miscellaneous
SA1Telemedicine
SA2Repolarization and Dispersion
SA3Innovative Technology

M1 Rossana Degani Young Investigator Award

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3-Dimensional Activation Sequence Reconstruction from Body Surface Potential Maps by Means of a Heart-Model-Based Imaging Approach 1
X Zhang, I Ramachandra, Z Liu, B Muneer, SM Pogwizd, B He
Efficacy of a Reduced Lead Set for Pre-Hospital Triage of Thrombolytic Strategies 5
SP Nelwan, JA Kors, SH Meij, H Boersma, ML Simoons
Automated QT/RR Analysis Based on Selective Beat Averaging Applied to Electrocardiographic Holter 24H 9
F Braga, EG Caiani, E Locati, S Cerutti
A Novel Method for Planning and Visualization of Ablation Lines for Atrial Fibrillation Treatment 13
M Hastenteufel, I Wolf, C Christoph, S Yang, T Boettger, M Vetter, HP Meinzer

S21 Rhythm Management Devices

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Comparative Analysis in Terms of Computational Cost for Different Discrimination Algorithms in Implantable Defibrillators 17
A Cebrian, J Rey, J Millet, JJ Rieta, R Garcia-Civera
Discrimination between Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation Using the Continuous Wavelet Transform 21
S Ruiz de Gauna, A Lazkano, J Ruiz, E Aramendi
Modifications in the Activation Process during Ventricular Fibrillation by Local Hyperthermia 25
A Tormos, J Millet, FJ Chorro, L Such
Computer Modelling of Ventricular Rhythm during Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular Pacing 29
J Lian, D Müssig, V Lang
Methodology Improvement in Defining Characteristics of Atrial Fibrillation Termination 33
LY Shyu, YY Hseih, CT Tai, T Kao, WC Hu

S22 ECG Information Systems

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Integrated Content and Format Checking for Processing of SCP ECG Records 37
C Zywietz, R Fischer
Integrating the ECG Enterprise: HES-EKG with the Built-in Vital Signs Information Nomenclature 41
C Zywietz, M Kraemer, R Fischer, B Widiger
ECG Devices Interoperability in a Hospital Environment: Clinical Experience 45
C Carpeggiani, F Conforti, S Dalmiani, M Emdin, A Macerata
Interoperability in Digital Electrocardiography after the OpenECG Project 49
CE Chronaki, F Chiarugi, A Macerata, F Conforti, H Voss, I Johansen, R Ruiz-Fernandez, C Zywietz
libRASCH: A Programming Framework for Signal Handling 53
R Schneider, A Bauer, P Barthel, G Schmidt
A Rule Discovery Algorithm Appropriate for Electrocardiograph Signals 57
S Konias, N Maglaveras

S23 Three-Dimensional Echocardiography

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Calculation of Left Ventricular Volume from 3D Echocardiography: a Comparison of Three Image Analysis Techniques 61
J Wild, AJ Sims, J Pemberton, T Irvine, A Kenny, A Murray
Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Quantification of Left Ventricular Mass: Comparison with Magnetic Resonance Imaging 65
V Mor-Avi, L Sugeng, EG Caiani, L Weinert, P MacEneaney, I Salgo, RM Lang
A Novel System for the Assessment of Mitral Annular Geometry and Analysis of 3D Motion of Mitral Annulus from 3D Echocardiography 69
G Saracino, M Daimon, NL Greenberg, T Shiota, JD Thomas
Semi-Automatic 3D-Segmentation of Live-3D Echocardiographic Images 73
T Boettger, I Wolf, S Mottl-Link, M Hastenteufel, R De Simone, HP Meinzer
New Visualisation Methods of Electromechanical Left Ventricular Contraction Asynchrony 77
HJ Spruijt, JA van der Heide, HFJ Mannaerts, O Kamp, CA Visser
A Histogram-Based Technique for Echocardiographic Image Enhancement 81
G Zwirn, S Akselrod

S24 Modelling I

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Model of Arterial Tree and Peripheral Control for the Study of Physiological and Assisted Circulation 85
E Lanzarone, P Liani, G Baselli, ML Costantino
Development of 3-D Anatomically-Detailed Mathematical Models of the Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes 89
J Li, H Dobrzynski, ID Greener, VP Nikolski, M Yamamoto, R Billeter, IR Efimov, MR Boyett
Accuracy of Activation Times Detected in Simulated Extracellular Electrograms 93
FB Sachse, G Seemann, DL Weiß, B Punske, B Taccardi
Theoretical Research on the Influence of Defibrillator Paddle Position on the Human Ventricular Myocardium 97
IM Graf, G Seemann, O Dössel

S31 PhysioNet/Computers in Cardiology Challenge I

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Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: A Challenge from PhysioNet and Computers in Cardiology 2004 101
GB Moody
Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram to Predict Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: The 2004 Computers in Cardiology/PhysioNet Challenge 105
S Petrutiu, AV Sahakian, J Ng, S Swiryn
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Using Time-Frequency Analysis of the Atrial Fibrillatory Wave 109
C Mora, J Castells, R Ruiz, JJ Rieta, J Millet, C Sánchez, S Morell
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation in Surface ECG by Frequency Analysis 113
Q Xi, S Shkurovich
Automated Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation from Electrocardiograms 117
D Hayn, K Edegger, D Scherr, P Lercher, B Rotman, W Klein, G Schreier
Predicting the End of an Atrial Fibrillation Episode: The PhysioNet Challenge 121
F Cantini, F Conforti, M Varanini, F Chiarugi, G Vrouchos

S32 Modelling II

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Familial Atrial Fibrillation: Simulation of the Mechanisms and Effects of a Slow Rectifier Potassium Channel Mutation in Human Atrial Tissue 125
G Seemann, DL Weiß, FB Sachse, O Dössel
Optimization-Based Reconstruction of Depolarization of the Heart 129
D Farina, O Skipa, C Kaltwasser, O Dössel, WR Bauer
Scaling Cardiovascular Parameters for Population Simulations 133
T Heldt, RG Mark
Beating Heart Modeling and Simulation 137
L Xia, MM Huo, X Zhang, Q Wei, F Liu
Computational Study of the Relative Contributions of Electrical and Intercellular Coupling Remodelling on Human Atrial Conduction during Fibrillation 141
H Zhang, JJ Zhu, CJ Garratt, AV Holden

S33 Cardiac MRI

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Myocardial Perfusion Evaluation with T2-Prepared Gradient Echo Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Imaging at 3 Tesla 145
SM Shea, BS Schirf, X Bi, R Tang, B Lu, RA Omary, D Li
Semi-Automated Quantification of Left Ventricular Volumes and Mass from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images by Level Set Models 149
C Corsi, C Lamberti, O Catalano, P MacEneaney, D Bardo, RM Lang, V Mor-Avi, EG Caiani
Objective Assessment of Left Ventricular Wall Motion from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images 153
EG Caiani, E Toledo, P MacEneaney, KA Collins, RM Lang, V Mor-Avi
Extracting Robust Features from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Image Contours for Detecting Dilated Cardiomyopathy 157
A Mueller, N Merkle, V Hombach, O Grebe, J Woehrle, L Binner, HA Kestler

S34 Diagnostic Resting ECG

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A Neural Network Approach for Patient-Specific 12-Lead ECG Synthesis in Patient Monitoring Environments 161
H Atoui, J Fayn, P Rubel
Effect of Age and Gender on Diagnostic Accuracy of ECG Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction 165
PW Macfarlane, D Browne, B Devine, E Clark, E Miller, J Seyal, D Hampton
Extension of the HES Program for Processing Pediatric ECGs 169
C Zywietz, B Widiger, R Fischer
Effect of Lead Quality on Computerized ECG Interpretation 173
RM Farrell, BJ Young

S41 Decision Making

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A Multicentre PDA Project to Support the Clinical Decision Process 177
ET van der Velde, DE Atsma, R Hoekema, JE Luijten, CI Buddelmeijer, HJ Spruijt, NHJJ van der Putten
Bayesian Networks and Influence Diagrams as Valid Decision Support Tools in Systolic Heart Failure Management 181
J Fernández, M Martínez-Selles, MT Arredondo
Cardiology Guidelines at Point of Care 185
N van der Putten, K Gutfreund, S Nelwan, H Williams, L Fagan
On-Line Integration and Analysis of Cardiological Data to Support Medical Decision Making 189
GA L'Abbate, P Landi, C Carpeggiani, C Marchesi, A L'Abbate
PRISM™: A Web-Based Framework for Deploying Predictive Clinical Models 193
GE Soto, P Jones, JA Spertus
An Open-Source, Interactive Java-Based System for Rapid Encoding of Significant Events in the ICU Using the Unified Medical Language System 197
J Shu, GD Clifford, WJ Long, GB Moody, P Szolovits, RG Mark

S42 Heart Rate Variability

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Can Heart Rate Variability Analysis Predict the Acute Onset of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias? 201
I Romero Legarreta, MJ Reed, PS Addison, NR Grubb, GR Clegg, CE Robertson, JN Watson
Distinguishing Normal and Abnormal Heart Rate Variability Using Graphical and Non-Linear Analyses 205
PK Stein, N Hui, PP Domitrovich, J Gottdiener, P Rautaharju
Risk Stratification in Advanced Heart Failure Using Lorenz Plot Indices of Heart Rate Variability 209
HD Esperer, HC Esperer, JB Chernyak
On Utilizing the Strengths of AR and MVDR Methods to Circumvent Their Weaknesses in Application to HRV Analysis 213
RR Galigekere, JK Shoemaker
10 Second Heart Rate Variability 217
E Hodgart, PW Macfarlane
Ventilatory Threshold Detection: A New Method Based on Heart Rate Variability 221
G Merati, S Rampichini, E Cč, M Sangiovanni, P Castiglioni, M Di Rienzo, A Veicsteinas

S43 Myocardial Perfusion and Vascular Ultrasound Imaging

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Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion Using Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Imaging 225
E Toledo, RM Lang, KA Collins, U Williams, G Lammertin, L Weinert, V Mor-Avi
Anisotropic Processing of Image Structures for Adventitia Detection in Intravascular Ultrasound Images 229
AH Hernandez, DG Gil, PR Radeva, EN Nofrerias
Echocardiographic Detection of Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia Using Quantitative Analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Parametric Perfusion Images 233
E Toledo, JA Lodato, JM DeCara, KA Collins, JE Bednarz, RM Lang, V Mor-Avi
Three-Dimensional Characterization of Carotid Plaque Structure and Deformation with Non-Invasive Ultrasound Imaging 237
RC Chan, KL Dionisio, RS Lees

S44 Atrial Fibrillation

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Relation of Pulmonary Venous Fibrillatory Rate to Rates Obtained from the Surface Electrocardiogram in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 241
D Husser, M Stridh, L Sörnmo, DS Cannom, AK Bhandari, MJ Girsky, SB Olsson, A Bollmann
Classification of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias in Electrocardiograms Using Time-Frequency Analysis 245
MG Tsipouras, VP Oikonomou, DI Fotiadis, LK Michalis, D Sideris
Time-Frequency Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram in Atrial Fibrillation for Monitoring and Predicting Antiarrhythmic Drug Effects 249
D Husser, M Stridh, L Sörnmo, B Olsson, A Bollmann
Preservation of Spatial Transfer Coefficients in Surface ECG Atrial Fibrillation Analysis 253
JJ Rieta, C Sánchez, F Castells, J Millet
Quantitative Assessment of Synchronization during Atrial Fibrillation by Shannon Entropy Characterization of Propagation Delays 257
M Masč, F Ravelli, L Faes, R Antolini, G Nollo
Non-Linear Analysis of Atrial Signals for Assessing the Effects of Adrenergic Activation in Sinus Rhythm and Atrial Fibrillation 261
VDA Corino, C Romani, L Lombardi, A Porta, M Mantica, C Tondo, S Cerutti, F Lombardi, LT Mainardi

S51 System Analysis

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Indirect Evidence for Respiratory Influences Capable of Changing RR Intervals Independently of the Baroreflex 265
A Porta, S Bonizzato, P Pizzinelli, C Ferreri, F Iellamo, G Ferretti, D Lucini, M Pagani
Identification of Steady States and Quantification of Transition Periods from Beat-by-Beat Cardiovascular Time Series: Application to Incremental Exercise Test 269
P Castiglioni, G Merati, M Di Rienzo
Standing Revised: Assessing Baroreflex Sensitivity by the Modified Transfer Function Method 273
GD Pinna, R Maestri, E Gobbi, E Robbi, CA Swenne, MT La Rovere
Role of Causality in the Evaluation of Coherence and Transfer Function between Heart Period and Systolic Pressure in Humans 277
L Faes, A Porta, R Antolini, G Nollo
Acquired Brugada-like Symptoms of Cyanide-caused Cardiac Toxicity: A Computational Study 281
CK Zoltani, GE Platoff, SI Baskin
Effects of the Antiarrhythmic Drug Dofetilide on Regional Heterogeneity of Action Potential Duration: A Computer Modelling Study 285
J Sáiz, M Monserrat, JM Ferrero, J Gomis-Tena, K Cardona, J Chorro, V Hernández, JM Alonso

S52 Respiration and Sleep Apnea

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Electrocardiogram Based Evaluation of Children with Sleep Related Upper Airway Obstruction 289
A Baharav, Z Shinar, Y Sivan, M Greenfeld, S Akselrod
Robust Electrocardiogram Derived Respiration from Stress Test Recordings: Validation with Respiration Recordings 293
R Bailón, O Pahlm, L Sörnmo, P Laguna
Identification of Individual Sleep Apnea Events from the ECG Using Neural Networks and a Dynamic Markovian State Model 297
W Bystricky, A Safer
PP and PR Interval Variations in Pediatric Subjects Being Evaluated for Obstructive Sleep Apnea 301
S Ward, R Shouldice, LM O'Brien, C O'Brien, S Redmond, D Gozal, C Heneghan
Application of RR Series and Oximetry to a Statistical Classifier for the Detection of Sleep Apnoea/Hypopnoea 305
AG Ravelo-García, JL Navarro-Mesa, MJ Murillo-Díaz, G Juliá-Serdá
Nocturnal Overdrive Pacing Reduces Circulation Delay 309
P Mehta, H Theres, I Fietze, F Duru, K Bloch, S Sowelam, C Giese, Y Cho, M Erickson, T Markowitz

S53 Echocardiography / LV Function

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Myocardial Strain Analysis of Echocardiographic Sequences Using Non-Rigid Registration 313
MJ Ledesma-Carbayo, A Santos, J Kybic, P Mahía-Casado, MA García-Fernández, N Malpica, E Pérez-David, M Desco
Effect of Spatial, Temporal, and Velocity Resolution on Doppler Tissue Image Derived Indices 317
JL Rojo-Álvarez, J Bermejo, AB Rodríguez-González, R Yotti, A Martínez- Fernández, MA García-Fernández, JC Antoranz
Semi-Automated Analysis of Doppler Images for Quantification of Changes in the Mitral Inflow Velocity Pattern during Parabolic Flight 321
EG Caiani, G Asquer, E Meraviglia, S Cerutti, M Turiel, O Bailliart, B Cholley, A Capderou, P Vaida
Robust B-Spline Snakes for Ultrasound Image Segmentation 325
C Tauber, H Batatia, G Morin, A Ayache
Maximum Likelihood Segmentation with Rayleigh Distribution of Ultrasound Images 329
A Sarti, C Corsi, E Mazzini, C Lamberti
A New Thick-Walled Hydraulic Model of the Left Heart for the Assessment of Blood-Wall Interaction Using Ultrasound 333
T Claessens, P Segers, P Verdonck

M6 Plenary Session

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Ultrasonographic Quantification of Local Cardiac Dynamics by Tracking Real Reflectors: Algorithm Development and Experimental Validation 337
D Adam, A Landesberg, E Konyukhov, P Lysyansky, O Lichtenstein, N Smirin, Z Friedman
Computer-Assisted De-Identification of Free Text in the MIMIC II Database 341
M Douglass, GD Clifford, A Reisner, GB Moody, RG Mark
Registration and Fusion of Segmented Left Atrium CT Images with CARTO Electrical Maps for the Ablative Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation 345
G Nollo, A Cristoforetti, L Faes, A Centonze, M Del Greco, R Antolini, F Ravelli
Modeling Fibroblast-Mediated Conduction in the Ventricle 349
C Vasquez, AP Moreno, EJ Berbari

P71 ECG Analysis

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Using Genetic-Algorithm Trained Perceptrons with Adaptive Structure for the Detection of Premature Ventricular Contraction 353
J Zhou, L Li
Pattern Recognition and Optimal Parameter Selection in Premature Ventricular Contraction Classification 357
I Jekova, G Bortolan, I Christov
A Method for Arrhythmic Episode Classification in ECGs Using Fuzzy Logic and Markov Models 361
MG Tsipouras, Y Goletsis, DI Fotiadis
Improved QRS Detection in Pediatric Stress Test Electrocardiograms 365
M Findeis, W Kaiser, BJ Young
An Algorithm for EMG Noise Detection in Large ECG Data 369
P Raphisak, SC Schuckers, A de Jongh Curry
The Next-Generation Holter Revolution: From "Analyse, Edit, Print" to "Analyse, Print" 373
J Pardey, S Jouravleva
On Improving the Classification of Myocardial Ischemia Using Holter ECG Data 377
MW Zimmerman, RJ Povinelli
ST-Segment Analysis Using Hidden Markov Model Beat Segmentation: Application to Ischemia Detection 381
RV Andreăo, B Dorizzi, J Boudy, JCM Mota
Efficacy of Surface Electrodes for Detection of the Electrocardiogram Activity during Deep Accidental Hypothermia 385
K Yoshida, M Tosato, T Christensen, B Kjćrgaard
The Use of Magnetocardiography and Body Surface Potential Mapping in the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease in Chest Pain Patients with a Normal Electrocardiogram 389
R Hoekema, C Gürlek, MA Brouwer, I Chaykovsky, FWA Verheugt
Philips Medical System Support for Open ECG and Standardization Efforts 393
ED Helfenbein, S Zhou
Optimizing Risk Stratification: A Modified Signal-Averaged ECG Method 397
MP Slawnych, D Ramadan, L Ellis, DV Exner
Automating the Selection of Expansion Modes Using the Principal Components of Time Method for Solving the Inverse Problem of Electrocardiography 401
Y Zaghloul, R Throne, L Olson, J Windle
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade Attenuates the Electronic Uncoupling Induced by Coronary Artery Occlusion 405
CL del Rio, R Dzwonczyk, PI McConnell, DB Clymer, MB Howie, GE Billman

P72 Atrial Arryhythmias

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Extracting Concealed Atrial Premature Contractions from Ambulatory Holter Data Using a PC-Based System 409
S Mahapatra, B Lin, PJ Wang, NAM Estes, MK Hammoud, MS Link, A Al-Ahmad
Estimation of Atrial Fibrillatory Waves from One-Lead ECGs Using Principal Component Analysis Concepts 413
F Castells, JJ Rieta, C Mora, J Millet, C Sánchez
Wavelet Blind Separation: A New Methodology for the Analysis of Atrial Fibrillation from Holter Recordings 417
C Sánchez, JJ Rieta, F Castells, R Alcaraz, J Millet
Atrial Signal Amplitude in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Atrial Fibrillation from the 12-Lead ECG 421
P Langley, A Murray
An Open-Source Method for Simulating Atrial Fibrillation Using ECGSYN 425
J Healey, GD Clifford, L Kontothanassis, PE McSharry
Automatic Detection of Conducted Premature Atrial Contractions to Predict Atrial Fibrillation in Patients after Cardiac Surgery 429
M Visinescu, CA Bashour, O Wazni, B Gopakumaran
Curve Registration for the Study of P-Wave Morphing during Exercise 433
S Boudaoud, O Meste, H Rix
Characterization of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias by Means of Time Frequency Analysis 437
C Mora, J Millet, F Castells, R Ruiz
Nonlinear Analysis of Human Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation Using the Surface Electrocardiogram 441
YY Su, T Kao, HW Tso, YC Lin, SA Chen, CT Tai

P73 ECG Repolarization

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Improving T-Wave Alternans Measurement Quality by Reduction of Noise and Artifacts 445
W Kaiser, M Findeis, BJ Young
Effect of Noise on Frequency and Time Domain Methods of T Wave Alternans 449
JQ Xue, IG Rowlandson

P74 Heart Rate Variability

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Hemodynamic Improvement and Heart Rate Variability during Aortic Counterpulsation 453
MR Risk, AJ Ramírez, EIC Fischer
Quantitative Poincare Plot Analysis Contains Relevant Information Related to Heart Rate Variability Dynamics of Normal and Pathological Subjects 457
G D'Addio, GD Pinna, R Maestri, G Corbi, N Ferrara, F Rengo
Hysteresis Analysis of the PR-PP Relation under Exercise Conditions 461
O Meste, G Blain, S Bermon
Interpreting Power-Spectral-Measures Extracted from Sympathetic Nerve Activity: Possibilities and Pitfalls 465
RR Galigekere, JK Shoemaker
Measurement of Heart Rate Variability during Recurrent Episodes of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia in One Patient Using Wavelet Transform Analysis 469
I Romero Legarreta, MJ Reed, PS Addison, NR Grubb, GR Clegg, CE Robertson, JN Watson
Assessment of Heart Rate and Electrodermal Activity during Sustained Attention to Response Tests 473
S Ward, M Brickley, J Sharry, G McDarby, C Heneghan
A Selective Quantification of Cardiac Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Control and Its Validation through Pharmacological Blockade 477
X Xiao, R Mukkamala, RJ Cohen
A New Nonlinear Model for Generating RR Tachograms 481
DC McLernon, N Jafarnia Dabanloo, A Ayatollahi, V Johari Majd, H Zhang

P75 Blood Pressure and Pulse

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Effects of Filtering on Multi-Site Photoplethysmography Pulse Waveform Characteristics 485
J Allen, A Murray
Synchronization of Heart Rate and Blood Pressure with Respiration 489
EJ Bowers, A Murray
The Interaction of Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Variations for AV Dissociation Illustrated by a Closed-Loop Heart Rate Control Model 493
HW Chiu
Cardiac Sound Separation 497
V Nigam, R Priemer
Mobile Internet Digital Phonocardiography in Clinical Settings and in Population Screening 501
E Kail, S Khoór, B Kail, K Fügedi, F Balázs

P76 Cardiac Models

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Phase Resetting in Central and Peripheral Sinoatrial Node Cell Models 505
D Tsalikakis, HG Zhang, DI Fotiadis, GP Kremmydas
The Mortar Finite Element Method for Cardiac Reaction-Diffusion Models 509
M Pennacchio
Simulation of Hypertrophy in Rat Left Ventricular Cells 513
S Kharche, H Zhang, RC Clayton, AV Holden
Effects of Free Radicals on Na(+)-Ca(2+) Exchanger: A Computer Modeling 517
E Acevedo, A Gutiérrez
Localization of Site of Origin of Reentrant Arrhythmia from BSPMs by Means of Heart-Model-Based Approach 521
CG Liu, GL Li, B He
Effects of Acute Ischemia on the Restitution Curves of Myocardial Tissue: A Simulation Study 525
L Romero, JM Ferrero, J Sáiz, B Trénor, M Monserrat, JM Alonso, G Moltó, F Montilla
Effects of Pinacidil on Refractoriness in Acutely Ischemic Tissue: Insights from Experiments and Simulations 529
B Trénor, JM Ferrero, J Sáiz, A Ferrero, J Chorro, M Monserrat, V Hernández, G Moltó
Effects of Cardiac Sodium Channel Mutations on the Vulnerable Period in Heterogeneous vs Homogeneous Models of Ventricular Wall 533
A Kapela, A Bezerianos
Electro-Mechanics in Biventricular Models 537
FB Sachse, G Seemann, MB Mohr

P77 Echocardiography and Other Cardiovascular Imaging

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Edge-Detection and Segmentation Methods for Two-Dimensional Echocardiograms 541
E Boonchieng, R Kanjanavanit
Fusion of a Priori Model for the 3D Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in Echocardiographic Image 545
A Bosnjak, G Montilla, H Villegas, V Burdin, B Solaiman
Cardiac Motion Extraction in Multislice Computed Tomography by Using a 3D Hierarchical Surface Matching Process 549
M Garreau, A Simon, D Boulmier, H Guillaume
Statistical 3D Shape-Model Guided Segmentation of Cardiac Images 553
Y Shang, O Dössel
Methodology of Locating Myocardial Dysfunction by Strain and Strain Rate Using 4D Discretely Trans-Esophageal Echocardiogram 557
WC Hu, CS Chou, CS Weng, CP Liu, TL Hsu, T Kao
The First Order Absolute Central Moment as an Edge-Detector in Cardiovascular Imaging: A Comparison with Two Well-Known Edge-Detectors 561
F Faita, V Gemignani, M Giannoni, A Benassi, EM Ferdeghini, M Demi
Evaluation of the Microcirculation on Perfusion-Phase Analysis of Ultrasound Contrast Echocardiography Using Intuitive and Easy-to-Use Software Tools 565
JA Morgado-Migueles, DR García-Sanchez, D Moratal-Pérez, J Millet-Roig, V Bodí-Peris, FJ Chorro-Gascó

P78 Signals

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An Interactive Web-Based Tool for Multi-Scale Physiological Data Visualization 569
M Oefinger, W Zong, M Krieger, RG Mark
Methods and Tools for Generating and Managing ecgML-Based Information 573
H Wang, F Azuaje, G Clifford, B Jung, N Black
The Black Box: Biomedical Signals and Event Recorder in the Cath Lab 577
G Djukic, P Marraccini, A Mazzarisi, P Marcheschi, A Benassi
Effect of Intracavitary Probe Size on the Accuracy of Inverse Endocardial Potential Estimates 581
EN Bender, LG Olson, RD Throne, JR Windle
An Open-Source Tool to Evaluate the Performance of Transient ST Segment Episode Detection Algorithms 585
F Jager, A Smrdel, RG Mark
Development of a User-Friendly Database for Combined Assessment of Doppler Coronary Flow Reserve and Wall Motion Abnormalities 589
S Colombo, M Martini, L Delfino, M Llambro, M Turiel, EG Caiani

P79 Knowledge Representation

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Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology Data Integration between Remote Structures 593
MA Morales, S Dalmiani, A Mazzarisi, P Marcheschi, C Carpeggiani, S Bevilacqua, M Glauber
Self-Maintained Collaborative and Multidisciplinary System for Knowledge Management in Cardiology 597
J Fernández, M Martínez-Selles, CJ Correal, MT Arredondo, G Nicolosi, Y Koumpouros, E Martinelli
A Proposal for Structured Diagnosis Reporting in Echocardiography Using a DICOM Compliant Environment 601
D Olinic, C Homorodean, S Nedevschi, F Rusu, A Smeu, I Popa, A Vancea
Integration of an Echo Component in a Standard X- ECG System: A Modular Approach 605
MCJ de Wijs, SH Meij, SP Nelwan, NHJJ van der Putten
Using Ontologies to Build a Knowledge Base of Cardiology Problems and Algorithms 609
Ch Bratsas, P Quaresma, G Pagalos, N Maglaveras

P7A Data Standards

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EMR Standards in Cardiology Outpatient Management 613
S Dalmiani, MA Morales, A Mazzarisi, P Marcheschi, C Carpeggiani
HL7 Clinical Document Architecture to Share Cardiological Images and Structured Data in Next Generation Infrastructure 617
P Marcheschi, A Mazzarisi, S Dalmiani, A Benassi
A SCP Compatible 12-Lead Electrocardiogram Database for Signal Transmission, Storage and Analysis 621
CC Chiang, YC Yang, WC Tzeng, WD Tseng, JC Hsieh
System for Electrophysiology Integration with Other Departments Using Clinical Document Architecture Technologies and HL7 V3 625
A Mazzarisi, P Marcheschi, S Dalmiani, P Marraccini, U Startari, M Piacenti

M8 Plenary Session

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A Vectorcardiographic Approach to Understanding the 12-Lead Electrocardiogram of Atrial Flutter 629
J Ng, AV Sahakian, WG Fisher, S Swiryn
Echocardiographic Imaging and Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion Based on Interrupted Contrast Infusion 633
E Toledo, RM Lang, KA Collins, U Williams, G Lammertin, G Bolotin, V Mor-Avi
Analysis of RR Interval and Fibrillation Frequency and Amplitude for Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 637
P Langley, J Allen, EJ Bowers, M Drinnan, E Garcia, ST King, T Olbrich, AJ Sims, FE Smith, J Wild, D Zheng, A Murray
Intensive Care Unit Alarm Repeater and ECG Viewer on a WiFi-Enabled Personal Digital Assistant 641
V Maarek, C Lamberti, J de Bie, F Rangoni, G Pirini
Testing for the Presence of Nonstationarities in Short Heart Rate Variability Series 645
A Porta, G D'Addio, S Guzzetti, D Lucini, M Pagani
Left Ventricle Quantification in 3D Echocardiography Using a Geometric Deformable Model 649
X Hang, NL Greenberg, JD Thomas

S91 PhysioNet / Computers in Cardiology Challenge II

Table of Contents

Detection of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 653
B Logan, J Healey
Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation with Time-Frequency Information 657
F Nilsson, M Stridh, A Bollmann, L Sörnmo
Electrocardiogram Signal Classification Based on Fractal Features 661
AN Esgiar, PK Chakravorty
On Predicting the Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Episodes Using Linear and Non-Linear Parameters of ECG Signal and RR Series 665
LT Mainardi, M Matteucci, R Sassi
Computers in Cardiology/Physionet Challenge 2004: AF Classification Based on Clinical Features 669
M Lemay, Z Ihara, JM Vesin, L Kappenberger
A Statistical Feature Based Approach to Predicting Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 673
FM Roberts, RJ Povinelli

S92 Database Reporting

Table of Contents

Computer Assisted Generation of Patient Discharge Letters Using the CARdiology Information System (CARIS) Greatly Accelerates Clinical Reporting 677
DE Atsma, ET van der Velde, TA Witteman, H Foeken, MJ Schalij
The Annotation Station: An Open-Source Technology for Annotating Large Biomedical Databases 681
OT Abdala, G Clifford, M Saeed, A Reisner, GB Moody, I Henry, RG Mark
Structured Reporting of Echocardiography Images in a DICOM Environment 685
S Nedevschi, F Rusu, I Popa, A Smeu, D Olinic, C Homorodean
Radiologic Image Library for Pathology Related Searches 689
EM Ferdeghini, P Marcheschi, A Bozzi, R Prediletto, A Benassi
Estimation of Missing Values in Clinical Laboratory Measurements of ICU Patients Using a Weighted K-Nearest Neighbors Algorithm 693
OT Abdala, M Saeed

S93 Blood Pressure

Table of Contents

Identifying Artifacts in Arterial Blood Pressure Using Morphogram Variability 697
W Ali, L Eshelman, M Saeed
Assessment of Mean Arterial Blood Pressure Using Spectral and Chaotic Analyses in Different Antihypertensive Drug Treatments 701
BY Liau, CC Chiu, SJ Yeh
Monitoring Left Ventricular Contractility from Respiratory-Induced Blood Pressure Variability 705
Z Lu, R Mukkamala
Generating 24-Hour ECG, BP and Respiratory Signals with Realistic Linear and Nonlinear Clinical Characteristics Using a Nonlinear Model 709
GD Clifford, PE McSharry
Development of an Implantable Blood Flow and Pressure Monitor for Pulmonary Hypertension 713
SE Locke, TJ Gale, D Kilpatrick
Detection of Hypotension during Hemodialysis Using the ECG 717
K Solem, A Nilsson, L Sörnmo

S94 ECG - Miscellaneous

Table of Contents

Sensitivity-Specificity Tradeoff for Different Alarm Strategies in Continuous 12-Lead ST-Segment Monitoring 721
JY Wang, JW Warren, BM Horácek
Q Wave Myocardial Infarction Analysed by Body Surface Potential Mapping 725
MS Guillem, J Millet, V Bodí, FJ Chorro
Detection of His-Purkinje Activity from Distant Intracardiac Electrograms 729
LA Borowitz, W Combs, EJ Berbari
Slope of Autocorrelation Function of Detrended 24-Hour RR-Interval Recording Independently Predicts Mortality in Postinfarction Patients 733
A Berkowitsch, A Bauer, R Schneider, P Barthel, H Greis, HJ Schneider, HF Pitschner, G Schmidt
Fetal Heart Rate Extraction from Composite Maternal ECG Using a Complex Continuous Wavelet Transform 737
EC Karvounis, C Papaloukas, DI Fotiadis, LK Michalis

SA1 Telemedicine

Table of Contents

Wireless Echocardiographic Image Acquisition and Review 741
NL Greenberg, G Saracino, AG Borowski, JD Thomas
Intelligent Cardiac Telemonitoring System 745
G Balázs, Gy Kozmann, I Vassányi
Design of a Tele-Expertise Architecture Adapted to Pervasive Multi-Actor Environments: Application to eCardiology 749
D Télisson, J Fayn, P Rubel
System for Remote Multi-Channel Real-Time Monitoring of ECG via the Internet 753
M Oefinger, M Krieger, RG Mark

SA2 Repolarization and Dispersion

Table of Contents

Quantification of Ventricular Repolarization Dispersion on the Electrocardiogram by means of T Wave Duration 757
PD Arini, ER Valverde, GC Bertrán, P Laguna
Effect of Averaging for the Automatic Measurement of QT Dispersion Using Multichannel Magnetocardiography and Electrocardiography 761
FE Smith, P Langley, U Steinhoff, L Trahms, H Koch, P van Leeuwen, JP Bourke, A Murray
Automated QT Interval Analysis with Confidence Measures 765
NP Hughes, L Tarassenko
Quantification of the QT Variability Related to HRV: Robustness Study Facing Automatic Delineation and Noise on the ECG 769
R Almeida, E Pueyo, JP Martínez, AP Rocha, P Laguna

SA3 Innovative Technology

Table of Contents

Improved Preoperative Planning in Robotic Heart Surgery 773
R Bauernschmitt, M Feuerstein, EU Schirmbeck, J Traub, G Klinker, R Lange
Deformation Simulation in an Elastomechanical Ventricular Model 777
MB Mohr, G Seemann, FB Sachse, O Dössel
A Saline Tank Study of a Catheter Guiding Method for Ablative Therapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias by Application of Inverse Solution to Body Surface Electrocardiographic Signals 781
D Kanai, Y Fukuoka, O Oyama, AA Armoundas
Automatic Coronary Artery Detection on in Situ Heart Images 785
EU Schirmbeck, I Nagy, H Mayer, A Knoll, R Lange, R Bauernschmitt
Identification of the Potential LQT2 Carriers by Using the CAVIAR Method 789
L Restier Miron, J Fayn, G Millat, B Li, C Rodriguez Lafrase, Ph Chevalier, P Rubel



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A

Index by Author

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Abdala OT
The Annotation Station: An Open-Source Technology for Annotating Large Biomedical Databases 681
Estimation of Missing Values in Clinical Laboratory Measurements of ICU Patients Using a Weighted K-Nearest Neighbors Algorithm 693
Acevedo E
Effects of Free Radicals on Na(+)-Ca(2+) Exchanger: A Computer Modeling 517
Adam D
Ultrasonographic Quantification of Local Cardiac Dynamics by Tracking Real Reflectors: Algorithm Development and Experimental Validation 337
Addison PS
Can Heart Rate Variability Analysis Predict the Acute Onset of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias? 201
Measurement of Heart Rate Variability during Recurrent Episodes of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia in One Patient Using Wavelet Transform Analysis 469
Akselrod S
A Histogram-Based Technique for Echocardiographic Image Enhancement 81
Electrocardiogram Based Evaluation of Children with Sleep Related Upper Airway Obstruction 289
Al-Ahmad A
Extracting Concealed Atrial Premature Contractions from Ambulatory Holter Data Using a PC-Based System 409
Alcaraz R
Wavelet Blind Separation: A New Methodology for the Analysis of Atrial Fibrillation from Holter Recordings 417
Ali W
Identifying Artifacts in Arterial Blood Pressure Using Morphogram Variability 697
Allen J
Effects of Filtering on Multi-Site Photoplethysmography Pulse Waveform Characteristics 485
Analysis of RR Interval and Fibrillation Frequency and Amplitude for Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 637
Almeida R
Quantification of the QT Variability Related to HRV: Robustness Study Facing Automatic Delineation and Noise on the ECG 769
Alonso JM
Effects of the Antiarrhythmic Drug Dofetilide on Regional Heterogeneity of Action Potential Duration: A Computer Modelling Study 285
Effects of Acute Ischemia on the Restitution Curves of Myocardial Tissue: A Simulation Study 525
Andreăo RV
ST-Segment Analysis Using Hidden Markov Model Beat Segmentation: Application to Ischemia Detection 381
Antolini R
Quantitative Assessment of Synchronization during Atrial Fibrillation by Shannon Entropy Characterization of Propagation Delays 257
Role of Causality in the Evaluation of Coherence and Transfer Function between Heart Period and Systolic Pressure in Humans 277
Registration and Fusion of Segmented Left Atrium CT Images with CARTO Electrical Maps for the Ablative Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation 345
Antoranz JC
Effect of Spatial, Temporal, and Velocity Resolution on Doppler Tissue Image Derived Indices 317
Aramendi E
Discrimination between Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation Using the Continuous Wavelet Transform 21
Arini PD
Quantification of Ventricular Repolarization Dispersion on the Electrocardiogram by means of T Wave Duration 757
Armoundas AA
A Saline Tank Study of a Catheter Guiding Method for Ablative Therapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias by Application of Inverse Solution to Body Surface Electrocardiographic Signals 781
Arredondo MT
Bayesian Networks and Influence Diagrams as Valid Decision Support Tools in Systolic Heart Failure Management 181
Self-Maintained Collaborative and Multidisciplinary System for Knowledge Management in Cardiology 597
Asquer G
Semi-Automated Analysis of Doppler Images for Quantification of Changes in the Mitral Inflow Velocity Pattern during Parabolic Flight 321
Atoui H
A Neural Network Approach for Patient-Specific 12-Lead ECG Synthesis in Patient Monitoring Environments 161
Atsma DE
A Multicentre PDA Project to Support the Clinical Decision Process 177
Computer Assisted Generation of Patient Discharge Letters Using the CARdiology Information System (CARIS) Greatly Accelerates Clinical Reporting 677
Ayache A
Robust B-Spline Snakes for Ultrasound Image Segmentation 325
Ayatollahi A
A New Nonlinear Model for Generating RR Tachograms 481
Azuaje F
Methods and Tools for Generating and Managing ecgML-Based Information 573

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Baharav A
Electrocardiogram Based Evaluation of Children with Sleep Related Upper Airway Obstruction 289
Bailliart O
Semi-Automated Analysis of Doppler Images for Quantification of Changes in the Mitral Inflow Velocity Pattern during Parabolic Flight 321
Bailón R
Robust Electrocardiogram Derived Respiration from Stress Test Recordings: Validation with Respiration Recordings 293
Balázs F
Mobile Internet Digital Phonocardiography in Clinical Settings and in Population Screening 501
Balázs G
Intelligent Cardiac Telemonitoring System 745
Bardo D
Semi-Automated Quantification of Left Ventricular Volumes and Mass from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images by Level Set Models 149
Barthel P
libRASCH: A Programming Framework for Signal Handling 53
Slope of Autocorrelation Function of Detrended 24-Hour RR-Interval Recording Independently Predicts Mortality in Postinfarction Patients 733
Baselli G
Model of Arterial Tree and Peripheral Control for the Study of Physiological and Assisted Circulation 85
Bashour CA
Automatic Detection of Conducted Premature Atrial Contractions to Predict Atrial Fibrillation in Patients after Cardiac Surgery 429
Baskin SI
Acquired Brugada-like Symptoms of Cyanide-caused Cardiac Toxicity: A Computational Study 281
Batatia H
Robust B-Spline Snakes for Ultrasound Image Segmentation 325
Bauer A
libRASCH: A Programming Framework for Signal Handling 53
Slope of Autocorrelation Function of Detrended 24-Hour RR-Interval Recording Independently Predicts Mortality in Postinfarction Patients 733
Bauer WR
Optimization-Based Reconstruction of Depolarization of the Heart 129
Bauernschmitt R
Improved Preoperative Planning in Robotic Heart Surgery 773
Automatic Coronary Artery Detection on in Situ Heart Images 785
Bednarz JE
Echocardiographic Detection of Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia Using Quantitative Analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Parametric Perfusion Images 233
Benassi A
The First Order Absolute Central Moment as an Edge-Detector in Cardiovascular Imaging: A Comparison with Two Well-Known Edge-Detectors 561
The Black Box: Biomedical Signals and Event Recorder in the Cath Lab 577
HL7 Clinical Document Architecture to Share Cardiological Images and Structured Data in Next Generation Infrastructure 617
Radiologic Image Library for Pathology Related Searches 689
Bender EN
Effect of Intracavitary Probe Size on the Accuracy of Inverse Endocardial Potential Estimates 581
Berbari EJ
Modeling Fibroblast-Mediated Conduction in the Ventricle 349
Detection of His-Purkinje Activity from Distant Intracardiac Electrograms 729
Berkowitsch A
Slope of Autocorrelation Function of Detrended 24-Hour RR-Interval Recording Independently Predicts Mortality in Postinfarction Patients 733
Bermejo J
Effect of Spatial, Temporal, and Velocity Resolution on Doppler Tissue Image Derived Indices 317
Bermon S
Hysteresis Analysis of the PR-PP Relation under Exercise Conditions 461
Bertrán GC
Quantification of Ventricular Repolarization Dispersion on the Electrocardiogram by means of T Wave Duration 757
Bevilacqua S
Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology Data Integration between Remote Structures 593
Bezerianos A
Effects of Cardiac Sodium Channel Mutations on the Vulnerable Period in Heterogeneous vs Homogeneous Models of Ventricular Wall 533
Bhandari AK
Relation of Pulmonary Venous Fibrillatory Rate to Rates Obtained from the Surface Electrocardiogram in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 241
Bi X
Myocardial Perfusion Evaluation with T2-Prepared Gradient Echo Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Imaging at 3 Tesla 145
Billeter R
Development of 3-D Anatomically-Detailed Mathematical Models of the Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes 89
Billman GE
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade Attenuates the Electronic Uncoupling Induced by Coronary Artery Occlusion 405
Binner L
Extracting Robust Features from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Image Contours for Detecting Dilated Cardiomyopathy 157
Black N
Methods and Tools for Generating and Managing ecgML-Based Information 573
Blain G
Hysteresis Analysis of the PR-PP Relation under Exercise Conditions 461
Bloch K
Nocturnal Overdrive Pacing Reduces Circulation Delay 309
Bodí V
Q Wave Myocardial Infarction Analysed by Body Surface Potential Mapping 725
Bodí-Peris V
Evaluation of the Microcirculation on Perfusion-Phase Analysis of Ultrasound Contrast Echocardiography Using Intuitive and Easy-to-Use Software Tools 565
Boersma H
Efficacy of a Reduced Lead Set for Pre-Hospital Triage of Thrombolytic Strategies 5
Boettger T
A Novel Method for Planning and Visualization of Ablation Lines for Atrial Fibrillation Treatment 13
Semi-Automatic 3D-Segmentation of Live-3D Echocardiographic Images 73
Bollmann A
Relation of Pulmonary Venous Fibrillatory Rate to Rates Obtained from the Surface Electrocardiogram in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 241
Time-Frequency Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram in Atrial Fibrillation for Monitoring and Predicting Antiarrhythmic Drug Effects 249
Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation with Time-Frequency Information 657
Bolotin G
Echocardiographic Imaging and Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion Based on Interrupted Contrast Infusion 633
Bonizzato S
Indirect Evidence for Respiratory Influences Capable of Changing RR Intervals Independently of the Baroreflex 265
Boonchieng E
Edge-Detection and Segmentation Methods for Two-Dimensional Echocardiograms 541
Borowitz LA
Detection of His-Purkinje Activity from Distant Intracardiac Electrograms 729
Borowski AG
Wireless Echocardiographic Image Acquisition and Review 741
Bortolan G
Pattern Recognition and Optimal Parameter Selection in Premature Ventricular Contraction Classification 357
Bosnjak A
Fusion of a Priori Model for the 3D Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in Echocardiographic Image 545
Boudaoud S
Curve Registration for the Study of P-Wave Morphing during Exercise 433
Boudy J
ST-Segment Analysis Using Hidden Markov Model Beat Segmentation: Application to Ischemia Detection 381
Boulmier D
Cardiac Motion Extraction in Multislice Computed Tomography by Using a 3D Hierarchical Surface Matching Process 549
Bourke JP
Effect of Averaging for the Automatic Measurement of QT Dispersion Using Multichannel Magnetocardiography and Electrocardiography 761
Bowers EJ
Synchronization of Heart Rate and Blood Pressure with Respiration 489
Analysis of RR Interval and Fibrillation Frequency and Amplitude for Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 637
Boyett MR
Development of 3-D Anatomically-Detailed Mathematical Models of the Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes 89
Bozzi A
Radiologic Image Library for Pathology Related Searches 689
Braga F
Automated QT/RR Analysis Based on Selective Beat Averaging Applied to Electrocardiographic Holter 24H 9
Bratsas Ch
Using Ontologies to Build a Knowledge Base of Cardiology Problems and Algorithms 609
Brickley M
Assessment of Heart Rate and Electrodermal Activity during Sustained Attention to Response Tests 473
Brouwer MA
The Use of Magnetocardiography and Body Surface Potential Mapping in the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease in Chest Pain Patients with a Normal Electrocardiogram 389
Browne D
Effect of Age and Gender on Diagnostic Accuracy of ECG Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction 165
Buddelmeijer CI
A Multicentre PDA Project to Support the Clinical Decision Process 177
Burdin V
Fusion of a Priori Model for the 3D Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in Echocardiographic Image 545
Bystricky W
Identification of Individual Sleep Apnea Events from the ECG Using Neural Networks and a Dynamic Markovian State Model 297

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Caiani EG
Automated QT/RR Analysis Based on Selective Beat Averaging Applied to Electrocardiographic Holter 24H 9
Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Quantification of Left Ventricular Mass: Comparison with Magnetic Resonance Imaging 65
Semi-Automated Quantification of Left Ventricular Volumes and Mass from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images by Level Set Models 149
Objective Assessment of Left Ventricular Wall Motion from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images 153
Semi-Automated Analysis of Doppler Images for Quantification of Changes in the Mitral Inflow Velocity Pattern during Parabolic Flight 321
Development of a User-Friendly Database for Combined Assessment of Doppler Coronary Flow Reserve and Wall Motion Abnormalities 589
Cannom DS
Relation of Pulmonary Venous Fibrillatory Rate to Rates Obtained from the Surface Electrocardiogram in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 241
Cantini F
Predicting the End of an Atrial Fibrillation Episode: The PhysioNet Challenge 121
Capderou A
Semi-Automated Analysis of Doppler Images for Quantification of Changes in the Mitral Inflow Velocity Pattern during Parabolic Flight 321
Cardona K
Effects of the Antiarrhythmic Drug Dofetilide on Regional Heterogeneity of Action Potential Duration: A Computer Modelling Study 285
Carpeggiani C
ECG Devices Interoperability in a Hospital Environment: Clinical Experience 45
On-Line Integration and Analysis of Cardiological Data to Support Medical Decision Making 189
Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology Data Integration between Remote Structures 593
EMR Standards in Cardiology Outpatient Management 613
Castells F
Preservation of Spatial Transfer Coefficients in Surface ECG Atrial Fibrillation Analysis 253
Estimation of Atrial Fibrillatory Waves from One-Lead ECGs Using Principal Component Analysis Concepts 413
Wavelet Blind Separation: A New Methodology for the Analysis of Atrial Fibrillation from Holter Recordings 417
Characterization of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias by Means of Time Frequency Analysis 437
Castells J
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Using Time-Frequency Analysis of the Atrial Fibrillatory Wave 109
Castiglioni P
Ventilatory Threshold Detection: A New Method Based on Heart Rate Variability 221
Identification of Steady States and Quantification of Transition Periods from Beat-by-Beat Cardiovascular Time Series: Application to Incremental Exercise Test 269
Catalano O
Semi-Automated Quantification of Left Ventricular Volumes and Mass from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images by Level Set Models 149
Cč E
Ventilatory Threshold Detection: A New Method Based on Heart Rate Variability 221
Cebrian A
Comparative Analysis in Terms of Computational Cost for Different Discrimination Algorithms in Implantable Defibrillators 17
Centonze A
Registration and Fusion of Segmented Left Atrium CT Images with CARTO Electrical Maps for the Ablative Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation 345
Cerutti S
Automated QT/RR Analysis Based on Selective Beat Averaging Applied to Electrocardiographic Holter 24H 9
Non-Linear Analysis of Atrial Signals for Assessing the Effects of Adrenergic Activation in Sinus Rhythm and Atrial Fibrillation 261
Semi-Automated Analysis of Doppler Images for Quantification of Changes in the Mitral Inflow Velocity Pattern during Parabolic Flight 321
Chakravorty PK
Electrocardiogram Signal Classification Based on Fractal Features 661
Chan RC
Three-Dimensional Characterization of Carotid Plaque Structure and Deformation with Non-Invasive Ultrasound Imaging 237
Chaykovsky I
The Use of Magnetocardiography and Body Surface Potential Mapping in the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease in Chest Pain Patients with a Normal Electrocardiogram 389
Chen SA
Nonlinear Analysis of Human Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation Using the Surface Electrocardiogram 441
Chernyak JB
Risk Stratification in Advanced Heart Failure Using Lorenz Plot Indices of Heart Rate Variability 209
Chevalier Ph
Identification of the Potential LQT2 Carriers by Using the CAVIAR Method 789
Chiang CC
A SCP Compatible 12-Lead Electrocardiogram Database for Signal Transmission, Storage and Analysis 621
Chiarugi F
Interoperability in Digital Electrocardiography after the OpenECG Project 49
Predicting the End of an Atrial Fibrillation Episode: The PhysioNet Challenge 121
Chiu CC
Assessment of Mean Arterial Blood Pressure Using Spectral and Chaotic Analyses in Different Antihypertensive Drug Treatments 701
Chiu HW
The Interaction of Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Variations for AV Dissociation Illustrated by a Closed-Loop Heart Rate Control Model 493
Cho Y
Nocturnal Overdrive Pacing Reduces Circulation Delay 309
Cholley B
Semi-Automated Analysis of Doppler Images for Quantification of Changes in the Mitral Inflow Velocity Pattern during Parabolic Flight 321
Chorro FJ
Modifications in the Activation Process during Ventricular Fibrillation by Local Hyperthermia 25
Q Wave Myocardial Infarction Analysed by Body Surface Potential Mapping 725
Chorro J
Effects of the Antiarrhythmic Drug Dofetilide on Regional Heterogeneity of Action Potential Duration: A Computer Modelling Study 285
Effects of Pinacidil on Refractoriness in Acutely Ischemic Tissue: Insights from Experiments and Simulations 529
Chorro-Gascó FJ
Evaluation of the Microcirculation on Perfusion-Phase Analysis of Ultrasound Contrast Echocardiography Using Intuitive and Easy-to-Use Software Tools 565
Chou CS
Methodology of Locating Myocardial Dysfunction by Strain and Strain Rate Using 4D Discretely Trans-Esophageal Echocardiogram 557
Christensen T
Efficacy of Surface Electrodes for Detection of the Electrocardiogram Activity during Deep Accidental Hypothermia 385
Christoph C
A Novel Method for Planning and Visualization of Ablation Lines for Atrial Fibrillation Treatment 13
Christov I
Pattern Recognition and Optimal Parameter Selection in Premature Ventricular Contraction Classification 357
Chronaki CE
Interoperability in Digital Electrocardiography after the OpenECG Project 49
Claessens T
A New Thick-Walled Hydraulic Model of the Left Heart for the Assessment of Blood-Wall Interaction Using Ultrasound 333
Clark E
Effect of Age and Gender on Diagnostic Accuracy of ECG Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction 165
Clayton RC
Simulation of Hypertrophy in Rat Left Ventricular Cells 513
Clegg GR
Can Heart Rate Variability Analysis Predict the Acute Onset of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias? 201
Measurement of Heart Rate Variability during Recurrent Episodes of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia in One Patient Using Wavelet Transform Analysis 469
Clifford G
Methods and Tools for Generating and Managing ecgML-Based Information 573
The Annotation Station: An Open-Source Technology for Annotating Large Biomedical Databases 681
Clifford GD
An Open-Source, Interactive Java-Based System for Rapid Encoding of Significant Events in the ICU Using the Unified Medical Language System 197
Computer-Assisted De-Identification of Free Text in the MIMIC II Database 341
An Open-Source Method for Simulating Atrial Fibrillation Using ECGSYN 425
Generating 24-Hour ECG, BP and Respiratory Signals with Realistic Linear and Nonlinear Clinical Characteristics Using a Nonlinear Model 709
Clymer DB
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade Attenuates the Electronic Uncoupling Induced by Coronary Artery Occlusion 405
Cohen RJ
A Selective Quantification of Cardiac Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Control and Its Validation through Pharmacological Blockade 477
Collins KA
Objective Assessment of Left Ventricular Wall Motion from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images 153
Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion Using Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Imaging 225
Echocardiographic Detection of Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia Using Quantitative Analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Parametric Perfusion Images 233
Echocardiographic Imaging and Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion Based on Interrupted Contrast Infusion 633
Colombo S
Development of a User-Friendly Database for Combined Assessment of Doppler Coronary Flow Reserve and Wall Motion Abnormalities 589
Combs W
Detection of His-Purkinje Activity from Distant Intracardiac Electrograms 729
Conforti F
ECG Devices Interoperability in a Hospital Environment: Clinical Experience 45
Interoperability in Digital Electrocardiography after the OpenECG Project 49
Predicting the End of an Atrial Fibrillation Episode: The PhysioNet Challenge 121
Corbi G
Quantitative Poincare Plot Analysis Contains Relevant Information Related to Heart Rate Variability Dynamics of Normal and Pathological Subjects 457
Corino VDA
Non-Linear Analysis of Atrial Signals for Assessing the Effects of Adrenergic Activation in Sinus Rhythm and Atrial Fibrillation 261
Correal CJ
Self-Maintained Collaborative and Multidisciplinary System for Knowledge Management in Cardiology 597
Corsi C
Semi-Automated Quantification of Left Ventricular Volumes and Mass from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images by Level Set Models 149
Maximum Likelihood Segmentation with Rayleigh Distribution of Ultrasound Images 329
Costantino ML
Model of Arterial Tree and Peripheral Control for the Study of Physiological and Assisted Circulation 85
Cristoforetti A
Registration and Fusion of Segmented Left Atrium CT Images with CARTO Electrical Maps for the Ablative Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation 345

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
D'Addio G
Quantitative Poincare Plot Analysis Contains Relevant Information Related to Heart Rate Variability Dynamics of Normal and Pathological Subjects 457
Testing for the Presence of Nonstationarities in Short Heart Rate Variability Series 645
Daimon M
A Novel System for the Assessment of Mitral Annular Geometry and Analysis of 3D Motion of Mitral Annulus from 3D Echocardiography 69
Dalmiani S
ECG Devices Interoperability in a Hospital Environment: Clinical Experience 45
Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology Data Integration between Remote Structures 593
EMR Standards in Cardiology Outpatient Management 613
HL7 Clinical Document Architecture to Share Cardiological Images and Structured Data in Next Generation Infrastructure 617
System for Electrophysiology Integration with Other Departments Using Clinical Document Architecture Technologies and HL7 V3 625
de Bie J
Intensive Care Unit Alarm Repeater and ECG Viewer on a WiFi-Enabled Personal Digital Assistant 641
DeCara JM
Echocardiographic Detection of Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia Using Quantitative Analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Parametric Perfusion Images 233
de Jongh Curry A
An Algorithm for EMG Noise Detection in Large ECG Data 369
Delfino L
Development of a User-Friendly Database for Combined Assessment of Doppler Coronary Flow Reserve and Wall Motion Abnormalities 589
Del Greco M
Registration and Fusion of Segmented Left Atrium CT Images with CARTO Electrical Maps for the Ablative Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation 345
del Rio CL
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade Attenuates the Electronic Uncoupling Induced by Coronary Artery Occlusion 405
Demi M
The First Order Absolute Central Moment as an Edge-Detector in Cardiovascular Imaging: A Comparison with Two Well-Known Edge-Detectors 561
Desco M
Myocardial Strain Analysis of Echocardiographic Sequences Using Non-Rigid Registration 313
De Simone R
Semi-Automatic 3D-Segmentation of Live-3D Echocardiographic Images 73
Devine B
Effect of Age and Gender on Diagnostic Accuracy of ECG Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction 165
de Wijs MCJ
Integration of an Echo Component in a Standard X- ECG System: A Modular Approach 605
Dionisio KL
Three-Dimensional Characterization of Carotid Plaque Structure and Deformation with Non-Invasive Ultrasound Imaging 237
Di Rienzo M
Ventilatory Threshold Detection: A New Method Based on Heart Rate Variability 221
Identification of Steady States and Quantification of Transition Periods from Beat-by-Beat Cardiovascular Time Series: Application to Incremental Exercise Test 269
Djukic G
The Black Box: Biomedical Signals and Event Recorder in the Cath Lab 577
Dobrzynski H
Development of 3-D Anatomically-Detailed Mathematical Models of the Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes 89
Domitrovich PP
Distinguishing Normal and Abnormal Heart Rate Variability Using Graphical and Non-Linear Analyses 205
Dorizzi B
ST-Segment Analysis Using Hidden Markov Model Beat Segmentation: Application to Ischemia Detection 381
Dössel O
Theoretical Research on the Influence of Defibrillator Paddle Position on the Human Ventricular Myocardium 97
Familial Atrial Fibrillation: Simulation of the Mechanisms and Effects of a Slow Rectifier Potassium Channel Mutation in Human Atrial Tissue 125
Optimization-Based Reconstruction of Depolarization of the Heart 129
Statistical 3D Shape-Model Guided Segmentation of Cardiac Images 553
Deformation Simulation in an Elastomechanical Ventricular Model 777
Douglass M
Computer-Assisted De-Identification of Free Text in the MIMIC II Database 341
Drinnan M
Analysis of RR Interval and Fibrillation Frequency and Amplitude for Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 637
Duru F
Nocturnal Overdrive Pacing Reduces Circulation Delay 309
Dzwonczyk R
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade Attenuates the Electronic Uncoupling Induced by Coronary Artery Occlusion 405

E

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Edegger K
Automated Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation from Electrocardiograms 117
Efimov IR
Development of 3-D Anatomically-Detailed Mathematical Models of the Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes 89
Ellis L
Optimizing Risk Stratification: A Modified Signal-Averaged ECG Method 397
Emdin M
ECG Devices Interoperability in a Hospital Environment: Clinical Experience 45
Erickson M
Nocturnal Overdrive Pacing Reduces Circulation Delay 309
Esgiar AN
Electrocardiogram Signal Classification Based on Fractal Features 661
Eshelman L
Identifying Artifacts in Arterial Blood Pressure Using Morphogram Variability 697
Esperer HC
Risk Stratification in Advanced Heart Failure Using Lorenz Plot Indices of Heart Rate Variability 209
Esperer HD
Risk Stratification in Advanced Heart Failure Using Lorenz Plot Indices of Heart Rate Variability 209
Estes NAM
Extracting Concealed Atrial Premature Contractions from Ambulatory Holter Data Using a PC-Based System 409
Exner DV
Optimizing Risk Stratification: A Modified Signal-Averaged ECG Method 397

F

Index by Author

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Faes L
Quantitative Assessment of Synchronization during Atrial Fibrillation by Shannon Entropy Characterization of Propagation Delays 257
Role of Causality in the Evaluation of Coherence and Transfer Function between Heart Period and Systolic Pressure in Humans 277
Registration and Fusion of Segmented Left Atrium CT Images with CARTO Electrical Maps for the Ablative Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation 345
Fagan L
Cardiology Guidelines at Point of Care 185
Faita F
The First Order Absolute Central Moment as an Edge-Detector in Cardiovascular Imaging: A Comparison with Two Well-Known Edge-Detectors 561
Farina D
Optimization-Based Reconstruction of Depolarization of the Heart 129
Farrell RM
Effect of Lead Quality on Computerized ECG Interpretation 173
Fayn J
A Neural Network Approach for Patient-Specific 12-Lead ECG Synthesis in Patient Monitoring Environments 161
Design of a Tele-Expertise Architecture Adapted to Pervasive Multi-Actor Environments: Application to eCardiology 749
Identification of the Potential LQT2 Carriers by Using the CAVIAR Method 789
Ferdeghini EM
The First Order Absolute Central Moment as an Edge-Detector in Cardiovascular Imaging: A Comparison with Two Well-Known Edge-Detectors 561
Radiologic Image Library for Pathology Related Searches 689
Fernández J
Bayesian Networks and Influence Diagrams as Valid Decision Support Tools in Systolic Heart Failure Management 181
Self-Maintained Collaborative and Multidisciplinary System for Knowledge Management in Cardiology 597
Ferrara N
Quantitative Poincare Plot Analysis Contains Relevant Information Related to Heart Rate Variability Dynamics of Normal and Pathological Subjects 457
Ferreri C
Indirect Evidence for Respiratory Influences Capable of Changing RR Intervals Independently of the Baroreflex 265
Ferrero A
Effects of Pinacidil on Refractoriness in Acutely Ischemic Tissue: Insights from Experiments and Simulations 529
Ferrero JM
Effects of the Antiarrhythmic Drug Dofetilide on Regional Heterogeneity of Action Potential Duration: A Computer Modelling Study 285
Effects of Acute Ischemia on the Restitution Curves of Myocardial Tissue: A Simulation Study 525
Effects of Pinacidil on Refractoriness in Acutely Ischemic Tissue: Insights from Experiments and Simulations 529
Ferretti G
Indirect Evidence for Respiratory Influences Capable of Changing RR Intervals Independently of the Baroreflex 265
Feuerstein M
Improved Preoperative Planning in Robotic Heart Surgery 773
Fietze I
Nocturnal Overdrive Pacing Reduces Circulation Delay 309
Findeis M
Improved QRS Detection in Pediatric Stress Test Electrocardiograms 365
Improving T-Wave Alternans Measurement Quality by Reduction of Noise and Artifacts 445
Fischer EIC
Hemodynamic Improvement and Heart Rate Variability during Aortic Counterpulsation 453
Fischer R
Integrated Content and Format Checking for Processing of SCP ECG Records 37
Integrating the ECG Enterprise: HES-EKG with the Built-in Vital Signs Information Nomenclature 41
Extension of the HES Program for Processing Pediatric ECGs 169
Fisher WG
A Vectorcardiographic Approach to Understanding the 12-Lead Electrocardiogram of Atrial Flutter 629
Foeken H
Computer Assisted Generation of Patient Discharge Letters Using the CARdiology Information System (CARIS) Greatly Accelerates Clinical Reporting 677
Fotiadis DI
Classification of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias in Electrocardiograms Using Time-Frequency Analysis 245
A Method for Arrhythmic Episode Classification in ECGs Using Fuzzy Logic and Markov Models 361
Phase Resetting in Central and Peripheral Sinoatrial Node Cell Models 505
Fetal Heart Rate Extraction from Composite Maternal ECG Using a Complex Continuous Wavelet Transform 737
Friedman Z
Ultrasonographic Quantification of Local Cardiac Dynamics by Tracking Real Reflectors: Algorithm Development and Experimental Validation 337
Fügedi K
Mobile Internet Digital Phonocardiography in Clinical Settings and in Population Screening 501
Fukuoka Y
A Saline Tank Study of a Catheter Guiding Method for Ablative Therapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias by Application of Inverse Solution to Body Surface Electrocardiographic Signals 781

G

Index by Author

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Gale TJ
Development of an Implantable Blood Flow and Pressure Monitor for Pulmonary Hypertension 713
Galigekere RR
On Utilizing the Strengths of AR and MVDR Methods to Circumvent Their Weaknesses in Application to HRV Analysis 213
Interpreting Power-Spectral-Measures Extracted from Sympathetic Nerve Activity: Possibilities and Pitfalls 465
Garcia E
Analysis of RR Interval and Fibrillation Frequency and Amplitude for Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 637
Garcia-Civera R
Comparative Analysis in Terms of Computational Cost for Different Discrimination Algorithms in Implantable Defibrillators 17
García-Fernández MA
Myocardial Strain Analysis of Echocardiographic Sequences Using Non-Rigid Registration 313
Effect of Spatial, Temporal, and Velocity Resolution on Doppler Tissue Image Derived Indices 317
García-Sanchez DR
Evaluation of the Microcirculation on Perfusion-Phase Analysis of Ultrasound Contrast Echocardiography Using Intuitive and Easy-to-Use Software Tools 565
Garratt CJ
Computational Study of the Relative Contributions of Electrical and Intercellular Coupling Remodelling on Human Atrial Conduction during Fibrillation 141
Garreau M
Cardiac Motion Extraction in Multislice Computed Tomography by Using a 3D Hierarchical Surface Matching Process 549
Gemignani V
The First Order Absolute Central Moment as an Edge-Detector in Cardiovascular Imaging: A Comparison with Two Well-Known Edge-Detectors 561
Giannoni M
The First Order Absolute Central Moment as an Edge-Detector in Cardiovascular Imaging: A Comparison with Two Well-Known Edge-Detectors 561
Giese C
Nocturnal Overdrive Pacing Reduces Circulation Delay 309
Gil DG
Anisotropic Processing of Image Structures for Adventitia Detection in Intravascular Ultrasound Images 229
Girsky MJ
Relation of Pulmonary Venous Fibrillatory Rate to Rates Obtained from the Surface Electrocardiogram in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 241
Glauber M
Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology Data Integration between Remote Structures 593
Gobbi E
Standing Revised: Assessing Baroreflex Sensitivity by the Modified Transfer Function Method 273
Goletsis Y
A Method for Arrhythmic Episode Classification in ECGs Using Fuzzy Logic and Markov Models 361
Gomis-Tena J
Effects of the Antiarrhythmic Drug Dofetilide on Regional Heterogeneity of Action Potential Duration: A Computer Modelling Study 285
Gopakumaran B
Automatic Detection of Conducted Premature Atrial Contractions to Predict Atrial Fibrillation in Patients after Cardiac Surgery 429
Gottdiener J
Distinguishing Normal and Abnormal Heart Rate Variability Using Graphical and Non-Linear Analyses 205
Gozal D
PP and PR Interval Variations in Pediatric Subjects Being Evaluated for Obstructive Sleep Apnea 301
Graf IM
Theoretical Research on the Influence of Defibrillator Paddle Position on the Human Ventricular Myocardium 97
Grebe O
Extracting Robust Features from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Image Contours for Detecting Dilated Cardiomyopathy 157
Greenberg NL
A Novel System for the Assessment of Mitral Annular Geometry and Analysis of 3D Motion of Mitral Annulus from 3D Echocardiography 69
Left Ventricle Quantification in 3D Echocardiography Using a Geometric Deformable Model 649
Wireless Echocardiographic Image Acquisition and Review 741
Greener ID
Development of 3-D Anatomically-Detailed Mathematical Models of the Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes 89
Greenfeld M
Electrocardiogram Based Evaluation of Children with Sleep Related Upper Airway Obstruction 289
Greis H
Slope of Autocorrelation Function of Detrended 24-Hour RR-Interval Recording Independently Predicts Mortality in Postinfarction Patients 733
Grubb NR
Can Heart Rate Variability Analysis Predict the Acute Onset of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias? 201
Measurement of Heart Rate Variability during Recurrent Episodes of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia in One Patient Using Wavelet Transform Analysis 469
Guillaume H
Cardiac Motion Extraction in Multislice Computed Tomography by Using a 3D Hierarchical Surface Matching Process 549
Guillem MS
Q Wave Myocardial Infarction Analysed by Body Surface Potential Mapping 725
Gürlek C
The Use of Magnetocardiography and Body Surface Potential Mapping in the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease in Chest Pain Patients with a Normal Electrocardiogram 389
Gutfreund K
Cardiology Guidelines at Point of Care 185
Gutiérrez A
Effects of Free Radicals on Na(+)-Ca(2+) Exchanger: A Computer Modeling 517
Guzzetti S
Testing for the Presence of Nonstationarities in Short Heart Rate Variability Series 645

H

Index by Author

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Hammoud MK
Extracting Concealed Atrial Premature Contractions from Ambulatory Holter Data Using a PC-Based System 409
Hampton D
Effect of Age and Gender on Diagnostic Accuracy of ECG Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction 165
Hang X
Left Ventricle Quantification in 3D Echocardiography Using a Geometric Deformable Model 649
Hastenteufel M
A Novel Method for Planning and Visualization of Ablation Lines for Atrial Fibrillation Treatment 13
Semi-Automatic 3D-Segmentation of Live-3D Echocardiographic Images 73
Hayn D
Automated Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation from Electrocardiograms 117
He B
3-Dimensional Activation Sequence Reconstruction from Body Surface Potential Maps by Means of a Heart-Model-Based Imaging Approach 1
Localization of Site of Origin of Reentrant Arrhythmia from BSPMs by Means of Heart-Model-Based Approach 521
Healey J
An Open-Source Method for Simulating Atrial Fibrillation Using ECGSYN 425
Detection of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 653
Heldt T
Scaling Cardiovascular Parameters for Population Simulations 133
Helfenbein ED
Philips Medical System Support for Open ECG and Standardization Efforts 393
Heneghan C
PP and PR Interval Variations in Pediatric Subjects Being Evaluated for Obstructive Sleep Apnea 301
Assessment of Heart Rate and Electrodermal Activity during Sustained Attention to Response Tests 473
Henry I
The Annotation Station: An Open-Source Technology for Annotating Large Biomedical Databases 681
Hernandez AH
Anisotropic Processing of Image Structures for Adventitia Detection in Intravascular Ultrasound Images 229
Hernández V
Effects of the Antiarrhythmic Drug Dofetilide on Regional Heterogeneity of Action Potential Duration: A Computer Modelling Study 285
Effects of Pinacidil on Refractoriness in Acutely Ischemic Tissue: Insights from Experiments and Simulations 529
Hodgart E
10 Second Heart Rate Variability 217
Hoekema R
A Multicentre PDA Project to Support the Clinical Decision Process 177
The Use of Magnetocardiography and Body Surface Potential Mapping in the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease in Chest Pain Patients with a Normal Electrocardiogram 389
Holden AV
Computational Study of the Relative Contributions of Electrical and Intercellular Coupling Remodelling on Human Atrial Conduction during Fibrillation 141
Simulation of Hypertrophy in Rat Left Ventricular Cells 513
Hombach V
Extracting Robust Features from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Image Contours for Detecting Dilated Cardiomyopathy 157
Homorodean C
A Proposal for Structured Diagnosis Reporting in Echocardiography Using a DICOM Compliant Environment 601
Structured Reporting of Echocardiography Images in a DICOM Environment 685
Horácek BM
Sensitivity-Specificity Tradeoff for Different Alarm Strategies in Continuous 12-Lead ST-Segment Monitoring 721
Howie MB
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade Attenuates the Electronic Uncoupling Induced by Coronary Artery Occlusion 405
Hseih YY
Methodology Improvement in Defining Characteristics of Atrial Fibrillation Termination 33
Hsieh JC
A SCP Compatible 12-Lead Electrocardiogram Database for Signal Transmission, Storage and Analysis 621
Hsu TL
Methodology of Locating Myocardial Dysfunction by Strain and Strain Rate Using 4D Discretely Trans-Esophageal Echocardiogram 557
Hu WC
Methodology Improvement in Defining Characteristics of Atrial Fibrillation Termination 33
Methodology of Locating Myocardial Dysfunction by Strain and Strain Rate Using 4D Discretely Trans-Esophageal Echocardiogram 557
Hughes NP
Automated QT Interval Analysis with Confidence Measures 765
Hui N
Distinguishing Normal and Abnormal Heart Rate Variability Using Graphical and Non-Linear Analyses 205
Huo MM
Beating Heart Modeling and Simulation 137
Husser D
Relation of Pulmonary Venous Fibrillatory Rate to Rates Obtained from the Surface Electrocardiogram in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 241
Time-Frequency Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram in Atrial Fibrillation for Monitoring and Predicting Antiarrhythmic Drug Effects 249

I

Index by Author

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Iellamo F
Indirect Evidence for Respiratory Influences Capable of Changing RR Intervals Independently of the Baroreflex 265
Ihara Z
Computers in Cardiology/Physionet Challenge 2004: AF Classification Based on Clinical Features 669
Irvine T
Calculation of Left Ventricular Volume from 3D Echocardiography: a Comparison of Three Image Analysis Techniques 61

J

Index by Author

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Jafarnia Dabanloo N
A New Nonlinear Model for Generating RR Tachograms 481
Jager F
An Open-Source Tool to Evaluate the Performance of Transient ST Segment Episode Detection Algorithms 585
Jekova I
Pattern Recognition and Optimal Parameter Selection in Premature Ventricular Contraction Classification 357
Johansen I
Interoperability in Digital Electrocardiography after the OpenECG Project 49
Johari Majd V
A New Nonlinear Model for Generating RR Tachograms 481
Jones P
PRISM™: A Web-Based Framework for Deploying Predictive Clinical Models 193
Jouravleva S
The Next-Generation Holter Revolution: From "Analyse, Edit, Print" to "Analyse, Print" 373
Juliá-Serdá G
Application of RR Series and Oximetry to a Statistical Classifier for the Detection of Sleep Apnoea/Hypopnoea 305
Jung B
Methods and Tools for Generating and Managing ecgML-Based Information 573

K

Index by Author

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Kail B
Mobile Internet Digital Phonocardiography in Clinical Settings and in Population Screening 501
Kail E
Mobile Internet Digital Phonocardiography in Clinical Settings and in Population Screening 501
Kaiser W
Improved QRS Detection in Pediatric Stress Test Electrocardiograms 365
Improving T-Wave Alternans Measurement Quality by Reduction of Noise and Artifacts 445
Kaltwasser C
Optimization-Based Reconstruction of Depolarization of the Heart 129
Kamp O
New Visualisation Methods of Electromechanical Left Ventricular Contraction Asynchrony 77
Kanai D
A Saline Tank Study of a Catheter Guiding Method for Ablative Therapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias by Application of Inverse Solution to Body Surface Electrocardiographic Signals 781
Kanjanavanit R
Edge-Detection and Segmentation Methods for Two-Dimensional Echocardiograms 541
Kao T
Methodology Improvement in Defining Characteristics of Atrial Fibrillation Termination 33
Nonlinear Analysis of Human Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation Using the Surface Electrocardiogram 441
Methodology of Locating Myocardial Dysfunction by Strain and Strain Rate Using 4D Discretely Trans-Esophageal Echocardiogram 557
Kapela A
Effects of Cardiac Sodium Channel Mutations on the Vulnerable Period in Heterogeneous vs Homogeneous Models of Ventricular Wall 533
Kappenberger L
Computers in Cardiology/Physionet Challenge 2004: AF Classification Based on Clinical Features 669
Karvounis EC
Fetal Heart Rate Extraction from Composite Maternal ECG Using a Complex Continuous Wavelet Transform 737
Kenny A
Calculation of Left Ventricular Volume from 3D Echocardiography: a Comparison of Three Image Analysis Techniques 61
Kestler HA
Extracting Robust Features from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Image Contours for Detecting Dilated Cardiomyopathy 157
Kharche S
Simulation of Hypertrophy in Rat Left Ventricular Cells 513
Khoór S
Mobile Internet Digital Phonocardiography in Clinical Settings and in Population Screening 501
Kilpatrick D
Development of an Implantable Blood Flow and Pressure Monitor for Pulmonary Hypertension 713
King ST
Analysis of RR Interval and Fibrillation Frequency and Amplitude for Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 637
Kjćrgaard B
Efficacy of Surface Electrodes for Detection of the Electrocardiogram Activity during Deep Accidental Hypothermia 385
Klein W
Automated Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation from Electrocardiograms 117
Klinker G
Improved Preoperative Planning in Robotic Heart Surgery 773
Knoll A
Automatic Coronary Artery Detection on in Situ Heart Images 785
Koch H
Effect of Averaging for the Automatic Measurement of QT Dispersion Using Multichannel Magnetocardiography and Electrocardiography 761
Konias S
A Rule Discovery Algorithm Appropriate for Electrocardiograph Signals 57
Kontothanassis L
An Open-Source Method for Simulating Atrial Fibrillation Using ECGSYN 425
Konyukhov E
Ultrasonographic Quantification of Local Cardiac Dynamics by Tracking Real Reflectors: Algorithm Development and Experimental Validation 337
Kors JA
Efficacy of a Reduced Lead Set for Pre-Hospital Triage of Thrombolytic Strategies 5
Koumpouros Y
Self-Maintained Collaborative and Multidisciplinary System for Knowledge Management in Cardiology 597
Kozmann Gy
Intelligent Cardiac Telemonitoring System 745
Kraemer M
Integrating the ECG Enterprise: HES-EKG with the Built-in Vital Signs Information Nomenclature 41
Kremmydas GP
Phase Resetting in Central and Peripheral Sinoatrial Node Cell Models 505
Krieger M
An Interactive Web-Based Tool for Multi-Scale Physiological Data Visualization 569
System for Remote Multi-Channel Real-Time Monitoring of ECG via the Internet 753
Kybic J
Myocardial Strain Analysis of Echocardiographic Sequences Using Non-Rigid Registration 313

L

Index by Author

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
L'Abbate A
On-Line Integration and Analysis of Cardiological Data to Support Medical Decision Making 189
L'Abbate GA
On-Line Integration and Analysis of Cardiological Data to Support Medical Decision Making 189
Laguna P
Robust Electrocardiogram Derived Respiration from Stress Test Recordings: Validation with Respiration Recordings 293
Quantification of Ventricular Repolarization Dispersion on the Electrocardiogram by means of T Wave Duration 757
Quantification of the QT Variability Related to HRV: Robustness Study Facing Automatic Delineation and Noise on the ECG 769
Lamberti C
Semi-Automated Quantification of Left Ventricular Volumes and Mass from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images by Level Set Models 149
Maximum Likelihood Segmentation with Rayleigh Distribution of Ultrasound Images 329
Intensive Care Unit Alarm Repeater and ECG Viewer on a WiFi-Enabled Personal Digital Assistant 641
Lammertin G
Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion Using Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Imaging 225
Echocardiographic Imaging and Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion Based on Interrupted Contrast Infusion 633
Landesberg A
Ultrasonographic Quantification of Local Cardiac Dynamics by Tracking Real Reflectors: Algorithm Development and Experimental Validation 337
Landi P
On-Line Integration and Analysis of Cardiological Data to Support Medical Decision Making 189
Lang RM
Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Quantification of Left Ventricular Mass: Comparison with Magnetic Resonance Imaging 65
Semi-Automated Quantification of Left Ventricular Volumes and Mass from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images by Level Set Models 149
Objective Assessment of Left Ventricular Wall Motion from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images 153
Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion Using Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Imaging 225
Echocardiographic Detection of Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia Using Quantitative Analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Parametric Perfusion Images 233
Echocardiographic Imaging and Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion Based on Interrupted Contrast Infusion 633
Lang V
Computer Modelling of Ventricular Rhythm during Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular Pacing 29
Lange R
Improved Preoperative Planning in Robotic Heart Surgery 773
Automatic Coronary Artery Detection on in Situ Heart Images 785
Langley P
Atrial Signal Amplitude in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Atrial Fibrillation from the 12-Lead ECG 421
Analysis of RR Interval and Fibrillation Frequency and Amplitude for Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 637
Effect of Averaging for the Automatic Measurement of QT Dispersion Using Multichannel Magnetocardiography and Electrocardiography 761
Lanzarone E
Model of Arterial Tree and Peripheral Control for the Study of Physiological and Assisted Circulation 85
La Rovere MT
Standing Revised: Assessing Baroreflex Sensitivity by the Modified Transfer Function Method 273
Lazkano A
Discrimination between Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation Using the Continuous Wavelet Transform 21
Ledesma-Carbayo MJ
Myocardial Strain Analysis of Echocardiographic Sequences Using Non-Rigid Registration 313
Lees RS
Three-Dimensional Characterization of Carotid Plaque Structure and Deformation with Non-Invasive Ultrasound Imaging 237
Lemay M
Computers in Cardiology/Physionet Challenge 2004: AF Classification Based on Clinical Features 669
Lercher P
Automated Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation from Electrocardiograms 117
Li B
Identification of the Potential LQT2 Carriers by Using the CAVIAR Method 789
Li D
Myocardial Perfusion Evaluation with T2-Prepared Gradient Echo Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Imaging at 3 Tesla 145
Li GL
Localization of Site of Origin of Reentrant Arrhythmia from BSPMs by Means of Heart-Model-Based Approach 521
Li J
Development of 3-D Anatomically-Detailed Mathematical Models of the Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes 89
Li L
Using Genetic-Algorithm Trained Perceptrons with Adaptive Structure for the Detection of Premature Ventricular Contraction 353
Lian J
Computer Modelling of Ventricular Rhythm during Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular Pacing 29
Liani P
Model of Arterial Tree and Peripheral Control for the Study of Physiological and Assisted Circulation 85
Liau BY
Assessment of Mean Arterial Blood Pressure Using Spectral and Chaotic Analyses in Different Antihypertensive Drug Treatments 701
Lichtenstein O
Ultrasonographic Quantification of Local Cardiac Dynamics by Tracking Real Reflectors: Algorithm Development and Experimental Validation 337
Lin B
Extracting Concealed Atrial Premature Contractions from Ambulatory Holter Data Using a PC-Based System 409
Lin YC
Nonlinear Analysis of Human Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation Using the Surface Electrocardiogram 441
Link MS
Extracting Concealed Atrial Premature Contractions from Ambulatory Holter Data Using a PC-Based System 409
Liu CG
Localization of Site of Origin of Reentrant Arrhythmia from BSPMs by Means of Heart-Model-Based Approach 521
Liu CP
Methodology of Locating Myocardial Dysfunction by Strain and Strain Rate Using 4D Discretely Trans-Esophageal Echocardiogram 557
Liu F
Beating Heart Modeling and Simulation 137
Liu Z
3-Dimensional Activation Sequence Reconstruction from Body Surface Potential Maps by Means of a Heart-Model-Based Imaging Approach 1
Llambro M
Development of a User-Friendly Database for Combined Assessment of Doppler Coronary Flow Reserve and Wall Motion Abnormalities 589
Locati E
Automated QT/RR Analysis Based on Selective Beat Averaging Applied to Electrocardiographic Holter 24H 9
Locke SE
Development of an Implantable Blood Flow and Pressure Monitor for Pulmonary Hypertension 713
Lodato JA
Echocardiographic Detection of Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia Using Quantitative Analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Parametric Perfusion Images 233
Logan B
Detection of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 653
Lombardi F
Non-Linear Analysis of Atrial Signals for Assessing the Effects of Adrenergic Activation in Sinus Rhythm and Atrial Fibrillation 261
Lombardi L
Non-Linear Analysis of Atrial Signals for Assessing the Effects of Adrenergic Activation in Sinus Rhythm and Atrial Fibrillation 261
Long WJ
An Open-Source, Interactive Java-Based System for Rapid Encoding of Significant Events in the ICU Using the Unified Medical Language System 197
Lu B
Myocardial Perfusion Evaluation with T2-Prepared Gradient Echo Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Imaging at 3 Tesla 145
Lu Z
Monitoring Left Ventricular Contractility from Respiratory-Induced Blood Pressure Variability 705
Lucini D
Indirect Evidence for Respiratory Influences Capable of Changing RR Intervals Independently of the Baroreflex 265
Testing for the Presence of Nonstationarities in Short Heart Rate Variability Series 645
Luijten JE
A Multicentre PDA Project to Support the Clinical Decision Process 177
Lysyansky P
Ultrasonographic Quantification of Local Cardiac Dynamics by Tracking Real Reflectors: Algorithm Development and Experimental Validation 337

M

Index by Author

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Maarek V
Intensive Care Unit Alarm Repeater and ECG Viewer on a WiFi-Enabled Personal Digital Assistant 641
MacEneaney P
Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Quantification of Left Ventricular Mass: Comparison with Magnetic Resonance Imaging 65
Semi-Automated Quantification of Left Ventricular Volumes and Mass from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images by Level Set Models 149
Objective Assessment of Left Ventricular Wall Motion from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images 153
Macerata A
ECG Devices Interoperability in a Hospital Environment: Clinical Experience 45
Interoperability in Digital Electrocardiography after the OpenECG Project 49
Macfarlane PW
Effect of Age and Gender on Diagnostic Accuracy of ECG Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction 165
10 Second Heart Rate Variability 217
Maestri R
Standing Revised: Assessing Baroreflex Sensitivity by the Modified Transfer Function Method 273
Quantitative Poincare Plot Analysis Contains Relevant Information Related to Heart Rate Variability Dynamics of Normal and Pathological Subjects 457
Maglaveras N
A Rule Discovery Algorithm Appropriate for Electrocardiograph Signals 57
Using Ontologies to Build a Knowledge Base of Cardiology Problems and Algorithms 609
Mahapatra S
Extracting Concealed Atrial Premature Contractions from Ambulatory Holter Data Using a PC-Based System 409
Mahía-Casado P
Myocardial Strain Analysis of Echocardiographic Sequences Using Non-Rigid Registration 313
Mainardi LT
Non-Linear Analysis of Atrial Signals for Assessing the Effects of Adrenergic Activation in Sinus Rhythm and Atrial Fibrillation 261
On Predicting the Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Episodes Using Linear and Non-Linear Parameters of ECG Signal and RR Series 665
Malpica N
Myocardial Strain Analysis of Echocardiographic Sequences Using Non-Rigid Registration 313
Mannaerts HFJ
New Visualisation Methods of Electromechanical Left Ventricular Contraction Asynchrony 77
Mantica M
Non-Linear Analysis of Atrial Signals for Assessing the Effects of Adrenergic Activation in Sinus Rhythm and Atrial Fibrillation 261
Marcheschi P
The Black Box: Biomedical Signals and Event Recorder in the Cath Lab 577
Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology Data Integration between Remote Structures 593
EMR Standards in Cardiology Outpatient Management 613
HL7 Clinical Document Architecture to Share Cardiological Images and Structured Data in Next Generation Infrastructure 617
System for Electrophysiology Integration with Other Departments Using Clinical Document Architecture Technologies and HL7 V3 625
Radiologic Image Library for Pathology Related Searches 689
Marchesi C
On-Line Integration and Analysis of Cardiological Data to Support Medical Decision Making 189
Mark RG
Scaling Cardiovascular Parameters for Population Simulations 133
An Open-Source, Interactive Java-Based System for Rapid Encoding of Significant Events in the ICU Using the Unified Medical Language System 197
Computer-Assisted De-Identification of Free Text in the MIMIC II Database 341
An Interactive Web-Based Tool for Multi-Scale Physiological Data Visualization 569
An Open-Source Tool to Evaluate the Performance of Transient ST Segment Episode Detection Algorithms 585
The Annotation Station: An Open-Source Technology for Annotating Large Biomedical Databases 681
System for Remote Multi-Channel Real-Time Monitoring of ECG via the Internet 753
Markowitz T
Nocturnal Overdrive Pacing Reduces Circulation Delay 309
Marraccini P
The Black Box: Biomedical Signals and Event Recorder in the Cath Lab 577
System for Electrophysiology Integration with Other Departments Using Clinical Document Architecture Technologies and HL7 V3 625
Martinelli E
Self-Maintained Collaborative and Multidisciplinary System for Knowledge Management in Cardiology 597
Martínez JP
Quantification of the QT Variability Related to HRV: Robustness Study Facing Automatic Delineation and Noise on the ECG 769
Martínez- Fernández A
Effect of Spatial, Temporal, and Velocity Resolution on Doppler Tissue Image Derived Indices 317
Martínez-Selles M
Bayesian Networks and Influence Diagrams as Valid Decision Support Tools in Systolic Heart Failure Management 181
Self-Maintained Collaborative and Multidisciplinary System for Knowledge Management in Cardiology 597
Martini M
Development of a User-Friendly Database for Combined Assessment of Doppler Coronary Flow Reserve and Wall Motion Abnormalities 589
Masč M
Quantitative Assessment of Synchronization during Atrial Fibrillation by Shannon Entropy Characterization of Propagation Delays 257
Matteucci M
On Predicting the Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Episodes Using Linear and Non-Linear Parameters of ECG Signal and RR Series 665
Mayer H
Automatic Coronary Artery Detection on in Situ Heart Images 785
Mazzarisi A
The Black Box: Biomedical Signals and Event Recorder in the Cath Lab 577
Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology Data Integration between Remote Structures 593
EMR Standards in Cardiology Outpatient Management 613
HL7 Clinical Document Architecture to Share Cardiological Images and Structured Data in Next Generation Infrastructure 617
System for Electrophysiology Integration with Other Departments Using Clinical Document Architecture Technologies and HL7 V3 625
Mazzini E
Maximum Likelihood Segmentation with Rayleigh Distribution of Ultrasound Images 329
McConnell PI
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade Attenuates the Electronic Uncoupling Induced by Coronary Artery Occlusion 405
McDarby G
Assessment of Heart Rate and Electrodermal Activity during Sustained Attention to Response Tests 473
McLernon DC
A New Nonlinear Model for Generating RR Tachograms 481
McSharry PE
An Open-Source Method for Simulating Atrial Fibrillation Using ECGSYN 425
Generating 24-Hour ECG, BP and Respiratory Signals with Realistic Linear and Nonlinear Clinical Characteristics Using a Nonlinear Model 709
Mehta P
Nocturnal Overdrive Pacing Reduces Circulation Delay 309
Meij SH
Efficacy of a Reduced Lead Set for Pre-Hospital Triage of Thrombolytic Strategies 5
Integration of an Echo Component in a Standard X- ECG System: A Modular Approach 605
Meinzer HP
A Novel Method for Planning and Visualization of Ablation Lines for Atrial Fibrillation Treatment 13
Semi-Automatic 3D-Segmentation of Live-3D Echocardiographic Images 73
Merati G
Ventilatory Threshold Detection: A New Method Based on Heart Rate Variability 221
Identification of Steady States and Quantification of Transition Periods from Beat-by-Beat Cardiovascular Time Series: Application to Incremental Exercise Test 269
Meraviglia E
Semi-Automated Analysis of Doppler Images for Quantification of Changes in the Mitral Inflow Velocity Pattern during Parabolic Flight 321
Merkle N
Extracting Robust Features from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Image Contours for Detecting Dilated Cardiomyopathy 157
Meste O
Curve Registration for the Study of P-Wave Morphing during Exercise 433
Hysteresis Analysis of the PR-PP Relation under Exercise Conditions 461
Michalis LK
Classification of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias in Electrocardiograms Using Time-Frequency Analysis 245
Fetal Heart Rate Extraction from Composite Maternal ECG Using a Complex Continuous Wavelet Transform 737
Millat G
Identification of the Potential LQT2 Carriers by Using the CAVIAR Method 789
Miller E
Effect of Age and Gender on Diagnostic Accuracy of ECG Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction 165
Millet J
Comparative Analysis in Terms of Computational Cost for Different Discrimination Algorithms in Implantable Defibrillators 17
Modifications in the Activation Process during Ventricular Fibrillation by Local Hyperthermia 25
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Using Time-Frequency Analysis of the Atrial Fibrillatory Wave 109
Preservation of Spatial Transfer Coefficients in Surface ECG Atrial Fibrillation Analysis 253
Estimation of Atrial Fibrillatory Waves from One-Lead ECGs Using Principal Component Analysis Concepts 413
Wavelet Blind Separation: A New Methodology for the Analysis of Atrial Fibrillation from Holter Recordings 417
Characterization of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias by Means of Time Frequency Analysis 437
Q Wave Myocardial Infarction Analysed by Body Surface Potential Mapping 725
Millet-Roig J
Evaluation of the Microcirculation on Perfusion-Phase Analysis of Ultrasound Contrast Echocardiography Using Intuitive and Easy-to-Use Software Tools 565
Mohr MB
Electro-Mechanics in Biventricular Models 537
Deformation Simulation in an Elastomechanical Ventricular Model 777
Moltó G
Effects of Acute Ischemia on the Restitution Curves of Myocardial Tissue: A Simulation Study 525
Effects of Pinacidil on Refractoriness in Acutely Ischemic Tissue: Insights from Experiments and Simulations 529
Monserrat M
Effects of the Antiarrhythmic Drug Dofetilide on Regional Heterogeneity of Action Potential Duration: A Computer Modelling Study 285
Effects of Acute Ischemia on the Restitution Curves of Myocardial Tissue: A Simulation Study 525
Effects of Pinacidil on Refractoriness in Acutely Ischemic Tissue: Insights from Experiments and Simulations 529
Montilla F
Effects of Acute Ischemia on the Restitution Curves of Myocardial Tissue: A Simulation Study 525
Montilla G
Fusion of a Priori Model for the 3D Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in Echocardiographic Image 545
Moody GB
Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: A Challenge from PhysioNet and Computers in Cardiology 2004 101
An Open-Source, Interactive Java-Based System for Rapid Encoding of Significant Events in the ICU Using the Unified Medical Language System 197
Computer-Assisted De-Identification of Free Text in the MIMIC II Database 341
The Annotation Station: An Open-Source Technology for Annotating Large Biomedical Databases 681
Mora C
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Using Time-Frequency Analysis of the Atrial Fibrillatory Wave 109
Estimation of Atrial Fibrillatory Waves from One-Lead ECGs Using Principal Component Analysis Concepts 413
Characterization of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias by Means of Time Frequency Analysis 437
Morales MA
Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology Data Integration between Remote Structures 593
EMR Standards in Cardiology Outpatient Management 613
Moratal-Pérez D
Evaluation of the Microcirculation on Perfusion-Phase Analysis of Ultrasound Contrast Echocardiography Using Intuitive and Easy-to-Use Software Tools 565
Mor-Avi V
Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Quantification of Left Ventricular Mass: Comparison with Magnetic Resonance Imaging 65
Semi-Automated Quantification of Left Ventricular Volumes and Mass from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images by Level Set Models 149
Objective Assessment of Left Ventricular Wall Motion from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images 153
Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion Using Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Imaging 225
Echocardiographic Detection of Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia Using Quantitative Analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Parametric Perfusion Images 233
Echocardiographic Imaging and Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion Based on Interrupted Contrast Infusion 633
Morell S
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Using Time-Frequency Analysis of the Atrial Fibrillatory Wave 109
Moreno AP
Modeling Fibroblast-Mediated Conduction in the Ventricle 349
Morgado-Migueles JA
Evaluation of the Microcirculation on Perfusion-Phase Analysis of Ultrasound Contrast Echocardiography Using Intuitive and Easy-to-Use Software Tools 565
Morin G
Robust B-Spline Snakes for Ultrasound Image Segmentation 325
Mota JCM
ST-Segment Analysis Using Hidden Markov Model Beat Segmentation: Application to Ischemia Detection 381
Mottl-Link S
Semi-Automatic 3D-Segmentation of Live-3D Echocardiographic Images 73
Mueller A
Extracting Robust Features from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Image Contours for Detecting Dilated Cardiomyopathy 157
Mukkamala R
A Selective Quantification of Cardiac Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Control and Its Validation through Pharmacological Blockade 477
Monitoring Left Ventricular Contractility from Respiratory-Induced Blood Pressure Variability 705
Muneer B
3-Dimensional Activation Sequence Reconstruction from Body Surface Potential Maps by Means of a Heart-Model-Based Imaging Approach 1
Murillo-Díaz MJ
Application of RR Series and Oximetry to a Statistical Classifier for the Detection of Sleep Apnoea/Hypopnoea 305
Murray A
Calculation of Left Ventricular Volume from 3D Echocardiography: a Comparison of Three Image Analysis Techniques 61
Atrial Signal Amplitude in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Atrial Fibrillation from the 12-Lead ECG 421
Effects of Filtering on Multi-Site Photoplethysmography Pulse Waveform Characteristics 485
Synchronization of Heart Rate and Blood Pressure with Respiration 489
Analysis of RR Interval and Fibrillation Frequency and Amplitude for Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 637
Effect of Averaging for the Automatic Measurement of QT Dispersion Using Multichannel Magnetocardiography and Electrocardiography 761
Müssig D
Computer Modelling of Ventricular Rhythm during Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular Pacing 29

N

Index by Author

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Nagy I
Automatic Coronary Artery Detection on in Situ Heart Images 785
Navarro-Mesa JL
Application of RR Series and Oximetry to a Statistical Classifier for the Detection of Sleep Apnoea/Hypopnoea 305
Nedevschi S
A Proposal for Structured Diagnosis Reporting in Echocardiography Using a DICOM Compliant Environment 601
Structured Reporting of Echocardiography Images in a DICOM Environment 685
Nelwan S
Cardiology Guidelines at Point of Care 185
Nelwan SP
Efficacy of a Reduced Lead Set for Pre-Hospital Triage of Thrombolytic Strategies 5
Integration of an Echo Component in a Standard X- ECG System: A Modular Approach 605
Ng J
Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram to Predict Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: The 2004 Computers in Cardiology/PhysioNet Challenge 105
A Vectorcardiographic Approach to Understanding the 12-Lead Electrocardiogram of Atrial Flutter 629
Nicolosi G
Self-Maintained Collaborative and Multidisciplinary System for Knowledge Management in Cardiology 597
Nigam V
Cardiac Sound Separation 497
Nikolski VP
Development of 3-D Anatomically-Detailed Mathematical Models of the Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes 89
Nilsson A
Detection of Hypotension during Hemodialysis Using the ECG 717
Nilsson F
Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation with Time-Frequency Information 657
Nofrerias EN
Anisotropic Processing of Image Structures for Adventitia Detection in Intravascular Ultrasound Images 229
Nollo G
Quantitative Assessment of Synchronization during Atrial Fibrillation by Shannon Entropy Characterization of Propagation Delays 257
Role of Causality in the Evaluation of Coherence and Transfer Function between Heart Period and Systolic Pressure in Humans 277
Registration and Fusion of Segmented Left Atrium CT Images with CARTO Electrical Maps for the Ablative Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation 345

O

Index by Author

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
O'Brien C
PP and PR Interval Variations in Pediatric Subjects Being Evaluated for Obstructive Sleep Apnea 301
O'Brien LM
PP and PR Interval Variations in Pediatric Subjects Being Evaluated for Obstructive Sleep Apnea 301
Oefinger M
An Interactive Web-Based Tool for Multi-Scale Physiological Data Visualization 569
System for Remote Multi-Channel Real-Time Monitoring of ECG via the Internet 753
Oikonomou VP
Classification of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias in Electrocardiograms Using Time-Frequency Analysis 245
Olbrich T
Analysis of RR Interval and Fibrillation Frequency and Amplitude for Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 637
Olinic D
A Proposal for Structured Diagnosis Reporting in Echocardiography Using a DICOM Compliant Environment 601
Structured Reporting of Echocardiography Images in a DICOM Environment 685
Olson L
Automating the Selection of Expansion Modes Using the Principal Components of Time Method for Solving the Inverse Problem of Electrocardiography 401
Olson LG
Effect of Intracavitary Probe Size on the Accuracy of Inverse Endocardial Potential Estimates 581
Olsson B
Time-Frequency Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram in Atrial Fibrillation for Monitoring and Predicting Antiarrhythmic Drug Effects 249
Olsson SB
Relation of Pulmonary Venous Fibrillatory Rate to Rates Obtained from the Surface Electrocardiogram in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 241
Omary RA
Myocardial Perfusion Evaluation with T2-Prepared Gradient Echo Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Imaging at 3 Tesla 145
Oyama O
A Saline Tank Study of a Catheter Guiding Method for Ablative Therapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias by Application of Inverse Solution to Body Surface Electrocardiographic Signals 781

P

Index by Author

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Pagalos G
Using Ontologies to Build a Knowledge Base of Cardiology Problems and Algorithms 609
Pagani M
Indirect Evidence for Respiratory Influences Capable of Changing RR Intervals Independently of the Baroreflex 265
Testing for the Presence of Nonstationarities in Short Heart Rate Variability Series 645
Pahlm O
Robust Electrocardiogram Derived Respiration from Stress Test Recordings: Validation with Respiration Recordings 293
Papaloukas C
Fetal Heart Rate Extraction from Composite Maternal ECG Using a Complex Continuous Wavelet Transform 737
Pardey J
The Next-Generation Holter Revolution: From "Analyse, Edit, Print" to "Analyse, Print" 373
Pemberton J
Calculation of Left Ventricular Volume from 3D Echocardiography: a Comparison of Three Image Analysis Techniques 61
Pennacchio M
The Mortar Finite Element Method for Cardiac Reaction-Diffusion Models 509
Pérez-David E
Myocardial Strain Analysis of Echocardiographic Sequences Using Non-Rigid Registration 313
Petrutiu S
Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram to Predict Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: The 2004 Computers in Cardiology/PhysioNet Challenge 105
Piacenti M
System for Electrophysiology Integration with Other Departments Using Clinical Document Architecture Technologies and HL7 V3 625
Pinna GD
Standing Revised: Assessing Baroreflex Sensitivity by the Modified Transfer Function Method 273
Quantitative Poincare Plot Analysis Contains Relevant Information Related to Heart Rate Variability Dynamics of Normal and Pathological Subjects 457
Pirini G
Intensive Care Unit Alarm Repeater and ECG Viewer on a WiFi-Enabled Personal Digital Assistant 641
Pitschner HF
Slope of Autocorrelation Function of Detrended 24-Hour RR-Interval Recording Independently Predicts Mortality in Postinfarction Patients 733
Pizzinelli P
Indirect Evidence for Respiratory Influences Capable of Changing RR Intervals Independently of the Baroreflex 265
Platoff GE
Acquired Brugada-like Symptoms of Cyanide-caused Cardiac Toxicity: A Computational Study 281
Pogwizd SM
3-Dimensional Activation Sequence Reconstruction from Body Surface Potential Maps by Means of a Heart-Model-Based Imaging Approach 1
Popa I
A Proposal for Structured Diagnosis Reporting in Echocardiography Using a DICOM Compliant Environment 601
Structured Reporting of Echocardiography Images in a DICOM Environment 685
Porta A
Non-Linear Analysis of Atrial Signals for Assessing the Effects of Adrenergic Activation in Sinus Rhythm and Atrial Fibrillation 261
Indirect Evidence for Respiratory Influences Capable of Changing RR Intervals Independently of the Baroreflex 265
Role of Causality in the Evaluation of Coherence and Transfer Function between Heart Period and Systolic Pressure in Humans 277
Testing for the Presence of Nonstationarities in Short Heart Rate Variability Series 645
Povinelli RJ
On Improving the Classification of Myocardial Ischemia Using Holter ECG Data 377
A Statistical Feature Based Approach to Predicting Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 673
Prediletto R
Radiologic Image Library for Pathology Related Searches 689
Priemer R
Cardiac Sound Separation 497
Pueyo E
Quantification of the QT Variability Related to HRV: Robustness Study Facing Automatic Delineation and Noise on the ECG 769
Punske B
Accuracy of Activation Times Detected in Simulated Extracellular Electrograms 93

Q

Index by Author

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Quaresma P
Using Ontologies to Build a Knowledge Base of Cardiology Problems and Algorithms 609

R

Index by Author

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Radeva PR
Anisotropic Processing of Image Structures for Adventitia Detection in Intravascular Ultrasound Images 229
Ramachandra I
3-Dimensional Activation Sequence Reconstruction from Body Surface Potential Maps by Means of a Heart-Model-Based Imaging Approach 1
Ramadan D
Optimizing Risk Stratification: A Modified Signal-Averaged ECG Method 397
Ramírez AJ
Hemodynamic Improvement and Heart Rate Variability during Aortic Counterpulsation 453
Rampichini S
Ventilatory Threshold Detection: A New Method Based on Heart Rate Variability 221
Rangoni F
Intensive Care Unit Alarm Repeater and ECG Viewer on a WiFi-Enabled Personal Digital Assistant 641
Raphisak P
An Algorithm for EMG Noise Detection in Large ECG Data 369
Rautaharju P
Distinguishing Normal and Abnormal Heart Rate Variability Using Graphical and Non-Linear Analyses 205
Ravelli F
Quantitative Assessment of Synchronization during Atrial Fibrillation by Shannon Entropy Characterization of Propagation Delays 257
Registration and Fusion of Segmented Left Atrium CT Images with CARTO Electrical Maps for the Ablative Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation 345
Ravelo-García AG
Application of RR Series and Oximetry to a Statistical Classifier for the Detection of Sleep Apnoea/Hypopnoea 305
Redmond S
PP and PR Interval Variations in Pediatric Subjects Being Evaluated for Obstructive Sleep Apnea 301
Reed MJ
Can Heart Rate Variability Analysis Predict the Acute Onset of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias? 201
Measurement of Heart Rate Variability during Recurrent Episodes of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia in One Patient Using Wavelet Transform Analysis 469
Reisner A
Computer-Assisted De-Identification of Free Text in the MIMIC II Database 341
The Annotation Station: An Open-Source Technology for Annotating Large Biomedical Databases 681
Rengo F
Quantitative Poincare Plot Analysis Contains Relevant Information Related to Heart Rate Variability Dynamics of Normal and Pathological Subjects 457
Restier Miron L
Identification of the Potential LQT2 Carriers by Using the CAVIAR Method 789
Rey J
Comparative Analysis in Terms of Computational Cost for Different Discrimination Algorithms in Implantable Defibrillators 17
Rieta JJ
Comparative Analysis in Terms of Computational Cost for Different Discrimination Algorithms in Implantable Defibrillators 17
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Using Time-Frequency Analysis of the Atrial Fibrillatory Wave 109
Preservation of Spatial Transfer Coefficients in Surface ECG Atrial Fibrillation Analysis 253
Estimation of Atrial Fibrillatory Waves from One-Lead ECGs Using Principal Component Analysis Concepts 413
Wavelet Blind Separation: A New Methodology for the Analysis of Atrial Fibrillation from Holter Recordings 417
Risk MR
Hemodynamic Improvement and Heart Rate Variability during Aortic Counterpulsation 453
Rix H
Curve Registration for the Study of P-Wave Morphing during Exercise 433
Robbi E
Standing Revised: Assessing Baroreflex Sensitivity by the Modified Transfer Function Method 273
Roberts FM
A Statistical Feature Based Approach to Predicting Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 673
Robertson CE
Can Heart Rate Variability Analysis Predict the Acute Onset of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias? 201
Measurement of Heart Rate Variability during Recurrent Episodes of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia in One Patient Using Wavelet Transform Analysis 469
Rocha AP
Quantification of the QT Variability Related to HRV: Robustness Study Facing Automatic Delineation and Noise on the ECG 769
Rodríguez-González AB
Effect of Spatial, Temporal, and Velocity Resolution on Doppler Tissue Image Derived Indices 317
Rodriguez Lafrase C
Identification of the Potential LQT2 Carriers by Using the CAVIAR Method 789
Rojo-Álvarez JL
Effect of Spatial, Temporal, and Velocity Resolution on Doppler Tissue Image Derived Indices 317
Romani C
Non-Linear Analysis of Atrial Signals for Assessing the Effects of Adrenergic Activation in Sinus Rhythm and Atrial Fibrillation 261
Romero L
Effects of Acute Ischemia on the Restitution Curves of Myocardial Tissue: A Simulation Study 525
Romero Legarreta I
Can Heart Rate Variability Analysis Predict the Acute Onset of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias? 201
Measurement of Heart Rate Variability during Recurrent Episodes of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia in One Patient Using Wavelet Transform Analysis 469
Rotman B
Automated Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation from Electrocardiograms 117
Rowlandson IG
Effect of Noise on Frequency and Time Domain Methods of T Wave Alternans 449
Rubel P
A Neural Network Approach for Patient-Specific 12-Lead ECG Synthesis in Patient Monitoring Environments 161
Design of a Tele-Expertise Architecture Adapted to Pervasive Multi-Actor Environments: Application to eCardiology 749
Identification of the Potential LQT2 Carriers by Using the CAVIAR Method 789
Ruiz J
Discrimination between Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation Using the Continuous Wavelet Transform 21
Ruiz R
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Using Time-Frequency Analysis of the Atrial Fibrillatory Wave 109
Characterization of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias by Means of Time Frequency Analysis 437
Ruiz de Gauna S
Discrimination between Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation Using the Continuous Wavelet Transform 21
Ruiz-Fernandez R
Interoperability in Digital Electrocardiography after the OpenECG Project 49
Rusu F
A Proposal for Structured Diagnosis Reporting in Echocardiography Using a DICOM Compliant Environment 601
Structured Reporting of Echocardiography Images in a DICOM Environment 685

S

Index by Author

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Sachse FB
Accuracy of Activation Times Detected in Simulated Extracellular Electrograms 93
Familial Atrial Fibrillation: Simulation of the Mechanisms and Effects of a Slow Rectifier Potassium Channel Mutation in Human Atrial Tissue 125
Electro-Mechanics in Biventricular Models 537
Deformation Simulation in an Elastomechanical Ventricular Model 777
Saeed M
The Annotation Station: An Open-Source Technology for Annotating Large Biomedical Databases 681
Estimation of Missing Values in Clinical Laboratory Measurements of ICU Patients Using a Weighted K-Nearest Neighbors Algorithm 693
Identifying Artifacts in Arterial Blood Pressure Using Morphogram Variability 697
Safer A
Identification of Individual Sleep Apnea Events from the ECG Using Neural Networks and a Dynamic Markovian State Model 297
Sahakian AV
Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram to Predict Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: The 2004 Computers in Cardiology/PhysioNet Challenge 105
A Vectorcardiographic Approach to Understanding the 12-Lead Electrocardiogram of Atrial Flutter 629
Sáiz J
Effects of the Antiarrhythmic Drug Dofetilide on Regional Heterogeneity of Action Potential Duration: A Computer Modelling Study 285
Effects of Acute Ischemia on the Restitution Curves of Myocardial Tissue: A Simulation Study 525
Effects of Pinacidil on Refractoriness in Acutely Ischemic Tissue: Insights from Experiments and Simulations 529
Salgo I
Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Quantification of Left Ventricular Mass: Comparison with Magnetic Resonance Imaging 65
Sánchez C
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Using Time-Frequency Analysis of the Atrial Fibrillatory Wave 109
Preservation of Spatial Transfer Coefficients in Surface ECG Atrial Fibrillation Analysis 253
Estimation of Atrial Fibrillatory Waves from One-Lead ECGs Using Principal Component Analysis Concepts 413
Wavelet Blind Separation: A New Methodology for the Analysis of Atrial Fibrillation from Holter Recordings 417
Sangiovanni M
Ventilatory Threshold Detection: A New Method Based on Heart Rate Variability 221
Santos A
Myocardial Strain Analysis of Echocardiographic Sequences Using Non-Rigid Registration 313
Saracino G
A Novel System for the Assessment of Mitral Annular Geometry and Analysis of 3D Motion of Mitral Annulus from 3D Echocardiography 69
Wireless Echocardiographic Image Acquisition and Review 741
Sarti A
Maximum Likelihood Segmentation with Rayleigh Distribution of Ultrasound Images 329
Sassi R
On Predicting the Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Episodes Using Linear and Non-Linear Parameters of ECG Signal and RR Series 665
Schalij MJ
Computer Assisted Generation of Patient Discharge Letters Using the CARdiology Information System (CARIS) Greatly Accelerates Clinical Reporting 677
Scherr D
Automated Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation from Electrocardiograms 117
Schirf BS
Myocardial Perfusion Evaluation with T2-Prepared Gradient Echo Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Imaging at 3 Tesla 145
Schirmbeck EU
Improved Preoperative Planning in Robotic Heart Surgery 773
Automatic Coronary Artery Detection on in Situ Heart Images 785
Schmidt G
libRASCH: A Programming Framework for Signal Handling 53
Slope of Autocorrelation Function of Detrended 24-Hour RR-Interval Recording Independently Predicts Mortality in Postinfarction Patients 733
Schneider HJ
Slope of Autocorrelation Function of Detrended 24-Hour RR-Interval Recording Independently Predicts Mortality in Postinfarction Patients 733
Schneider R
libRASCH: A Programming Framework for Signal Handling 53
Slope of Autocorrelation Function of Detrended 24-Hour RR-Interval Recording Independently Predicts Mortality in Postinfarction Patients 733
Schreier G
Automated Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation from Electrocardiograms 117
Schuckers SC
An Algorithm for EMG Noise Detection in Large ECG Data 369
Seemann G
Accuracy of Activation Times Detected in Simulated Extracellular Electrograms 93
Theoretical Research on the Influence of Defibrillator Paddle Position on the Human Ventricular Myocardium 97
Familial Atrial Fibrillation: Simulation of the Mechanisms and Effects of a Slow Rectifier Potassium Channel Mutation in Human Atrial Tissue 125
Electro-Mechanics in Biventricular Models 537
Deformation Simulation in an Elastomechanical Ventricular Model 777
Segers P
A New Thick-Walled Hydraulic Model of the Left Heart for the Assessment of Blood-Wall Interaction Using Ultrasound 333
Seyal J
Effect of Age and Gender on Diagnostic Accuracy of ECG Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction 165
Shang Y
Statistical 3D Shape-Model Guided Segmentation of Cardiac Images 553
Sharry J
Assessment of Heart Rate and Electrodermal Activity during Sustained Attention to Response Tests 473
Shea SM
Myocardial Perfusion Evaluation with T2-Prepared Gradient Echo Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Imaging at 3 Tesla 145
Shinar Z
Electrocardiogram Based Evaluation of Children with Sleep Related Upper Airway Obstruction 289
Shiota T
A Novel System for the Assessment of Mitral Annular Geometry and Analysis of 3D Motion of Mitral Annulus from 3D Echocardiography 69
Shkurovich S
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation in Surface ECG by Frequency Analysis 113
Shoemaker JK
On Utilizing the Strengths of AR and MVDR Methods to Circumvent Their Weaknesses in Application to HRV Analysis 213
Interpreting Power-Spectral-Measures Extracted from Sympathetic Nerve Activity: Possibilities and Pitfalls 465
Shouldice R
PP and PR Interval Variations in Pediatric Subjects Being Evaluated for Obstructive Sleep Apnea 301
Shu J
An Open-Source, Interactive Java-Based System for Rapid Encoding of Significant Events in the ICU Using the Unified Medical Language System 197
Shyu LY
Methodology Improvement in Defining Characteristics of Atrial Fibrillation Termination 33
Sideris D
Classification of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias in Electrocardiograms Using Time-Frequency Analysis 245
Simon A
Cardiac Motion Extraction in Multislice Computed Tomography by Using a 3D Hierarchical Surface Matching Process 549
Simoons ML
Efficacy of a Reduced Lead Set for Pre-Hospital Triage of Thrombolytic Strategies 5
Sims AJ
Calculation of Left Ventricular Volume from 3D Echocardiography: a Comparison of Three Image Analysis Techniques 61
Analysis of RR Interval and Fibrillation Frequency and Amplitude for Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 637
Sivan Y
Electrocardiogram Based Evaluation of Children with Sleep Related Upper Airway Obstruction 289
Skipa O
Optimization-Based Reconstruction of Depolarization of the Heart 129
Slawnych MP
Optimizing Risk Stratification: A Modified Signal-Averaged ECG Method 397
Smeu A
A Proposal for Structured Diagnosis Reporting in Echocardiography Using a DICOM Compliant Environment 601
Structured Reporting of Echocardiography Images in a DICOM Environment 685
Smirin N
Ultrasonographic Quantification of Local Cardiac Dynamics by Tracking Real Reflectors: Algorithm Development and Experimental Validation 337
Smith FE
Analysis of RR Interval and Fibrillation Frequency and Amplitude for Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 637
Effect of Averaging for the Automatic Measurement of QT Dispersion Using Multichannel Magnetocardiography and Electrocardiography 761
Smrdel A
An Open-Source Tool to Evaluate the Performance of Transient ST Segment Episode Detection Algorithms 585
Solaiman B
Fusion of a Priori Model for the 3D Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in Echocardiographic Image 545
Solem K
Detection of Hypotension during Hemodialysis Using the ECG 717
Sörnmo L
Relation of Pulmonary Venous Fibrillatory Rate to Rates Obtained from the Surface Electrocardiogram in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 241
Time-Frequency Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram in Atrial Fibrillation for Monitoring and Predicting Antiarrhythmic Drug Effects 249
Robust Electrocardiogram Derived Respiration from Stress Test Recordings: Validation with Respiration Recordings 293
Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation with Time-Frequency Information 657
Detection of Hypotension during Hemodialysis Using the ECG 717
Soto GE
PRISM™: A Web-Based Framework for Deploying Predictive Clinical Models 193
Sowelam S
Nocturnal Overdrive Pacing Reduces Circulation Delay 309
Spertus JA
PRISM™: A Web-Based Framework for Deploying Predictive Clinical Models 193
Spruijt HJ
New Visualisation Methods of Electromechanical Left Ventricular Contraction Asynchrony 77
A Multicentre PDA Project to Support the Clinical Decision Process 177
Startari U
System for Electrophysiology Integration with Other Departments Using Clinical Document Architecture Technologies and HL7 V3 625
Stein PK
Distinguishing Normal and Abnormal Heart Rate Variability Using Graphical and Non-Linear Analyses 205
Steinhoff U
Effect of Averaging for the Automatic Measurement of QT Dispersion Using Multichannel Magnetocardiography and Electrocardiography 761
Stridh M
Relation of Pulmonary Venous Fibrillatory Rate to Rates Obtained from the Surface Electrocardiogram in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 241
Time-Frequency Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram in Atrial Fibrillation for Monitoring and Predicting Antiarrhythmic Drug Effects 249
Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation with Time-Frequency Information 657
Su YY
Nonlinear Analysis of Human Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation Using the Surface Electrocardiogram 441
Such L
Modifications in the Activation Process during Ventricular Fibrillation by Local Hyperthermia 25
Sugeng L
Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Quantification of Left Ventricular Mass: Comparison with Magnetic Resonance Imaging 65
Swenne CA
Standing Revised: Assessing Baroreflex Sensitivity by the Modified Transfer Function Method 273
Swiryn S
Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram to Predict Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: The 2004 Computers in Cardiology/PhysioNet Challenge 105
A Vectorcardiographic Approach to Understanding the 12-Lead Electrocardiogram of Atrial Flutter 629
Szolovits P
An Open-Source, Interactive Java-Based System for Rapid Encoding of Significant Events in the ICU Using the Unified Medical Language System 197

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Taccardi B
Accuracy of Activation Times Detected in Simulated Extracellular Electrograms 93
Tai CT
Methodology Improvement in Defining Characteristics of Atrial Fibrillation Termination 33
Nonlinear Analysis of Human Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation Using the Surface Electrocardiogram 441
Tang R
Myocardial Perfusion Evaluation with T2-Prepared Gradient Echo Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Imaging at 3 Tesla 145
Tarassenko L
Automated QT Interval Analysis with Confidence Measures 765
Tauber C
Robust B-Spline Snakes for Ultrasound Image Segmentation 325
Télisson D
Design of a Tele-Expertise Architecture Adapted to Pervasive Multi-Actor Environments: Application to eCardiology 749
Theres H
Nocturnal Overdrive Pacing Reduces Circulation Delay 309
Thomas JD
A Novel System for the Assessment of Mitral Annular Geometry and Analysis of 3D Motion of Mitral Annulus from 3D Echocardiography 69
Left Ventricle Quantification in 3D Echocardiography Using a Geometric Deformable Model 649
Wireless Echocardiographic Image Acquisition and Review 741
Throne R
Automating the Selection of Expansion Modes Using the Principal Components of Time Method for Solving the Inverse Problem of Electrocardiography 401
Throne RD
Effect of Intracavitary Probe Size on the Accuracy of Inverse Endocardial Potential Estimates 581
Toledo E
Objective Assessment of Left Ventricular Wall Motion from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images 153
Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion Using Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Imaging 225
Echocardiographic Detection of Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia Using Quantitative Analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Parametric Perfusion Images 233
Echocardiographic Imaging and Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion Based on Interrupted Contrast Infusion 633
Tondo C
Non-Linear Analysis of Atrial Signals for Assessing the Effects of Adrenergic Activation in Sinus Rhythm and Atrial Fibrillation 261
Tormos A
Modifications in the Activation Process during Ventricular Fibrillation by Local Hyperthermia 25
Tosato M
Efficacy of Surface Electrodes for Detection of the Electrocardiogram Activity during Deep Accidental Hypothermia 385
Trahms L
Effect of Averaging for the Automatic Measurement of QT Dispersion Using Multichannel Magnetocardiography and Electrocardiography 761
Traub J
Improved Preoperative Planning in Robotic Heart Surgery 773
Trénor B
Effects of Acute Ischemia on the Restitution Curves of Myocardial Tissue: A Simulation Study 525
Effects of Pinacidil on Refractoriness in Acutely Ischemic Tissue: Insights from Experiments and Simulations 529
Tsalikakis D
Phase Resetting in Central and Peripheral Sinoatrial Node Cell Models 505
Tseng WD
A SCP Compatible 12-Lead Electrocardiogram Database for Signal Transmission, Storage and Analysis 621
Tsipouras MG
Classification of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias in Electrocardiograms Using Time-Frequency Analysis 245
A Method for Arrhythmic Episode Classification in ECGs Using Fuzzy Logic and Markov Models 361
Tso HW
Nonlinear Analysis of Human Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation Using the Surface Electrocardiogram 441
Turiel M
Semi-Automated Analysis of Doppler Images for Quantification of Changes in the Mitral Inflow Velocity Pattern during Parabolic Flight 321
Development of a User-Friendly Database for Combined Assessment of Doppler Coronary Flow Reserve and Wall Motion Abnormalities 589
Tzeng WC
A SCP Compatible 12-Lead Electrocardiogram Database for Signal Transmission, Storage and Analysis 621

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Vaida P
Semi-Automated Analysis of Doppler Images for Quantification of Changes in the Mitral Inflow Velocity Pattern during Parabolic Flight 321
Valverde ER
Quantification of Ventricular Repolarization Dispersion on the Electrocardiogram by means of T Wave Duration 757
Vancea A
A Proposal for Structured Diagnosis Reporting in Echocardiography Using a DICOM Compliant Environment 601
van der Heide JA
New Visualisation Methods of Electromechanical Left Ventricular Contraction Asynchrony 77
van der Putten N
Cardiology Guidelines at Point of Care 185
van der Putten NHJJ
A Multicentre PDA Project to Support the Clinical Decision Process 177
Integration of an Echo Component in a Standard X- ECG System: A Modular Approach 605
van der Velde ET
A Multicentre PDA Project to Support the Clinical Decision Process 177
Computer Assisted Generation of Patient Discharge Letters Using the CARdiology Information System (CARIS) Greatly Accelerates Clinical Reporting 677
van Leeuwen P
Effect of Averaging for the Automatic Measurement of QT Dispersion Using Multichannel Magnetocardiography and Electrocardiography 761
Varanini M
Predicting the End of an Atrial Fibrillation Episode: The PhysioNet Challenge 121
Vasquez C
Modeling Fibroblast-Mediated Conduction in the Ventricle 349
Vassányi I
Intelligent Cardiac Telemonitoring System 745
Veicsteinas A
Ventilatory Threshold Detection: A New Method Based on Heart Rate Variability 221
Verdonck P
A New Thick-Walled Hydraulic Model of the Left Heart for the Assessment of Blood-Wall Interaction Using Ultrasound 333
Verheugt FWA
The Use of Magnetocardiography and Body Surface Potential Mapping in the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease in Chest Pain Patients with a Normal Electrocardiogram 389
Vesin JM
Computers in Cardiology/Physionet Challenge 2004: AF Classification Based on Clinical Features 669
Vetter M
A Novel Method for Planning and Visualization of Ablation Lines for Atrial Fibrillation Treatment 13
Villegas H
Fusion of a Priori Model for the 3D Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in Echocardiographic Image 545
Visinescu M
Automatic Detection of Conducted Premature Atrial Contractions to Predict Atrial Fibrillation in Patients after Cardiac Surgery 429
Visser CA
New Visualisation Methods of Electromechanical Left Ventricular Contraction Asynchrony 77
Voss H
Interoperability in Digital Electrocardiography after the OpenECG Project 49
Vrouchos G
Predicting the End of an Atrial Fibrillation Episode: The PhysioNet Challenge 121

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Wang H
Methods and Tools for Generating and Managing ecgML-Based Information 573
Wang JY
Sensitivity-Specificity Tradeoff for Different Alarm Strategies in Continuous 12-Lead ST-Segment Monitoring 721
Wang PJ
Extracting Concealed Atrial Premature Contractions from Ambulatory Holter Data Using a PC-Based System 409
Ward S
PP and PR Interval Variations in Pediatric Subjects Being Evaluated for Obstructive Sleep Apnea 301
Assessment of Heart Rate and Electrodermal Activity during Sustained Attention to Response Tests 473
Warren JW
Sensitivity-Specificity Tradeoff for Different Alarm Strategies in Continuous 12-Lead ST-Segment Monitoring 721
Watson JN
Can Heart Rate Variability Analysis Predict the Acute Onset of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias? 201
Measurement of Heart Rate Variability during Recurrent Episodes of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia in One Patient Using Wavelet Transform Analysis 469
Wazni O
Automatic Detection of Conducted Premature Atrial Contractions to Predict Atrial Fibrillation in Patients after Cardiac Surgery 429
Wei Q
Beating Heart Modeling and Simulation 137
Weinert L
Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Quantification of Left Ventricular Mass: Comparison with Magnetic Resonance Imaging 65
Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion Using Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Imaging 225
Weiß DL
Accuracy of Activation Times Detected in Simulated Extracellular Electrograms 93
Familial Atrial Fibrillation: Simulation of the Mechanisms and Effects of a Slow Rectifier Potassium Channel Mutation in Human Atrial Tissue 125
Weng CS
Methodology of Locating Myocardial Dysfunction by Strain and Strain Rate Using 4D Discretely Trans-Esophageal Echocardiogram 557
Widiger B
Integrating the ECG Enterprise: HES-EKG with the Built-in Vital Signs Information Nomenclature 41
Extension of the HES Program for Processing Pediatric ECGs 169
Wild J
Calculation of Left Ventricular Volume from 3D Echocardiography: a Comparison of Three Image Analysis Techniques 61
Analysis of RR Interval and Fibrillation Frequency and Amplitude for Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 637
Williams H
Cardiology Guidelines at Point of Care 185
Williams U
Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion Using Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Imaging 225
Echocardiographic Imaging and Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion Based on Interrupted Contrast Infusion 633
Windle J
Automating the Selection of Expansion Modes Using the Principal Components of Time Method for Solving the Inverse Problem of Electrocardiography 401
Windle JR
Effect of Intracavitary Probe Size on the Accuracy of Inverse Endocardial Potential Estimates 581
Witteman TA
Computer Assisted Generation of Patient Discharge Letters Using the CARdiology Information System (CARIS) Greatly Accelerates Clinical Reporting 677
Woehrle J
Extracting Robust Features from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Image Contours for Detecting Dilated Cardiomyopathy 157
Wolf I
A Novel Method for Planning and Visualization of Ablation Lines for Atrial Fibrillation Treatment 13
Semi-Automatic 3D-Segmentation of Live-3D Echocardiographic Images 73

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Xi Q
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation in Surface ECG by Frequency Analysis 113
Xia L
Beating Heart Modeling and Simulation 137
Xiao X
A Selective Quantification of Cardiac Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Control and Its Validation through Pharmacological Blockade 477
Xue JQ
Effect of Noise on Frequency and Time Domain Methods of T Wave Alternans 449

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Yamamoto M
Development of 3-D Anatomically-Detailed Mathematical Models of the Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes 89
Yang S
A Novel Method for Planning and Visualization of Ablation Lines for Atrial Fibrillation Treatment 13
Yang YC
A SCP Compatible 12-Lead Electrocardiogram Database for Signal Transmission, Storage and Analysis 621
Yeh SJ
Assessment of Mean Arterial Blood Pressure Using Spectral and Chaotic Analyses in Different Antihypertensive Drug Treatments 701
Yoshida K
Efficacy of Surface Electrodes for Detection of the Electrocardiogram Activity during Deep Accidental Hypothermia 385
Yotti R
Effect of Spatial, Temporal, and Velocity Resolution on Doppler Tissue Image Derived Indices 317
Young BJ
Effect of Lead Quality on Computerized ECG Interpretation 173
Improved QRS Detection in Pediatric Stress Test Electrocardiograms 365
Improving T-Wave Alternans Measurement Quality by Reduction of Noise and Artifacts 445

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Zaghloul Y
Automating the Selection of Expansion Modes Using the Principal Components of Time Method for Solving the Inverse Problem of Electrocardiography 401
Zhang H
Computational Study of the Relative Contributions of Electrical and Intercellular Coupling Remodelling on Human Atrial Conduction during Fibrillation 141
A New Nonlinear Model for Generating RR Tachograms 481
Simulation of Hypertrophy in Rat Left Ventricular Cells 513
Zhang HG
Phase Resetting in Central and Peripheral Sinoatrial Node Cell Models 505
Zhang X
3-Dimensional Activation Sequence Reconstruction from Body Surface Potential Maps by Means of a Heart-Model-Based Imaging Approach 1
Beating Heart Modeling and Simulation 137
Zheng D
Analysis of RR Interval and Fibrillation Frequency and Amplitude for Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 637
Zhou J
Using Genetic-Algorithm Trained Perceptrons with Adaptive Structure for the Detection of Premature Ventricular Contraction 353
Zhou S
Philips Medical System Support for Open ECG and Standardization Efforts 393
Zhu JJ
Computational Study of the Relative Contributions of Electrical and Intercellular Coupling Remodelling on Human Atrial Conduction during Fibrillation 141
Zimmerman MW
On Improving the Classification of Myocardial Ischemia Using Holter ECG Data 377
Zoltani CK
Acquired Brugada-like Symptoms of Cyanide-caused Cardiac Toxicity: A Computational Study 281
Zong W
An Interactive Web-Based Tool for Multi-Scale Physiological Data Visualization 569
Zwirn G
A Histogram-Based Technique for Echocardiographic Image Enhancement 81
Zywietz C
Integrated Content and Format Checking for Processing of SCP ECG Records 37
Integrating the ECG Enterprise: HES-EKG with the Built-in Vital Signs Information Nomenclature 41
Interoperability in Digital Electrocardiography after the OpenECG Project 49
Extension of the HES Program for Processing Pediatric ECGs 169



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3D
Calculation of Left Ventricular Volume from 3D Echocardiography: a Comparison of Three Image Analysis Techniques 61
Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Quantification of Left Ventricular Mass: Comparison with Magnetic Resonance Imaging 65
A Novel System for the Assessment of Mitral Annular Geometry and Analysis of 3D Motion of Mitral Annulus from 3D Echocardiography 69
Semi-Automatic 3D-Segmentation of Live-3D Echocardiographic Images 73
Development of 3-D Anatomically-Detailed Mathematical Models of the Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes 89
Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion Using Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Imaging 225
Three-Dimensional Characterization of Carotid Plaque Structure and Deformation with Non-Invasive Ultrasound Imaging 237
Fusion of a Priori Model for the 3D Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in Echocardiographic Image 545
Cardiac Motion Extraction in Multislice Computed Tomography by Using a 3D Hierarchical Surface Matching Process 549
Statistical 3D Shape-Model Guided Segmentation of Cardiac Images 553
Methodology of Locating Myocardial Dysfunction by Strain and Strain Rate Using 4D Discretely Trans-Esophageal Echocardiogram 557
Left Ventricle Quantification in 3D Echocardiography Using a Geometric Deformable Model 649

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Ablation
A Novel Method for Planning and Visualization of Ablation Lines for Atrial Fibrillation Treatment 13
Registration and Fusion of Segmented Left Atrium CT Images with CARTO Electrical Maps for the Ablative Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation 345
A Saline Tank Study of a Catheter Guiding Method for Ablative Therapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias by Application of Inverse Solution to Body Surface Electrocardiographic Signals 781
Action Potential
Effects of the Antiarrhythmic Drug Dofetilide on Regional Heterogeneity of Action Potential Duration: A Computer Modelling Study 285
Activation Time
Accuracy of Activation Times Detected in Simulated Extracellular Electrograms 93
Airway Obstruction
Electrocardiogram Based Evaluation of Children with Sleep Related Upper Airway Obstruction 289
Alarm
Intensive Care Unit Alarm Repeater and ECG Viewer on a WiFi-Enabled Personal Digital Assistant 641
Alternans
Improving T-Wave Alternans Measurement Quality by Reduction of Noise and Artifacts 445
Effect of Noise on Frequency and Time Domain Methods of T Wave Alternans 449
Antiarrhythmic Drug
Time-Frequency Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram in Atrial Fibrillation for Monitoring and Predicting Antiarrhythmic Drug Effects 249
Effects of the Antiarrhythmic Drug Dofetilide on Regional Heterogeneity of Action Potential Duration: A Computer Modelling Study 285
Aortic Counterpulsation
Hemodynamic Improvement and Heart Rate Variability during Aortic Counterpulsation 453
Arrhythmia
Localization of Site of Origin of Reentrant Arrhythmia from BSPMs by Means of Heart-Model-Based Approach 521
Assisted Circulation
Model of Arterial Tree and Peripheral Control for the Study of Physiological and Assisted Circulation 85
Atrial Conduction
Computational Study of the Relative Contributions of Electrical and Intercellular Coupling Remodelling on Human Atrial Conduction during Fibrillation 141
Atrial Fibrillation
A Novel Method for Planning and Visualization of Ablation Lines for Atrial Fibrillation Treatment 13
Computer Modelling of Ventricular Rhythm during Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular Pacing 29
Methodology Improvement in Defining Characteristics of Atrial Fibrillation Termination 33
Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: A Challenge from PhysioNet and Computers in Cardiology 2004 101
Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram to Predict Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: The 2004 Computers in Cardiology/PhysioNet Challenge 105
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Using Time-Frequency Analysis of the Atrial Fibrillatory Wave 109
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation in Surface ECG by Frequency Analysis 113
Automated Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation from Electrocardiograms 117
Predicting the End of an Atrial Fibrillation Episode: The PhysioNet Challenge 121
Familial Atrial Fibrillation: Simulation of the Mechanisms and Effects of a Slow Rectifier Potassium Channel Mutation in Human Atrial Tissue 125
Relation of Pulmonary Venous Fibrillatory Rate to Rates Obtained from the Surface Electrocardiogram in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 241
Time-Frequency Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram in Atrial Fibrillation for Monitoring and Predicting Antiarrhythmic Drug Effects 249
Preservation of Spatial Transfer Coefficients in Surface ECG Atrial Fibrillation Analysis 253
Quantitative Assessment of Synchronization during Atrial Fibrillation by Shannon Entropy Characterization of Propagation Delays 257
Non-Linear Analysis of Atrial Signals for Assessing the Effects of Adrenergic Activation in Sinus Rhythm and Atrial Fibrillation 261
Registration and Fusion of Segmented Left Atrium CT Images with CARTO Electrical Maps for the Ablative Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation 345
Estimation of Atrial Fibrillatory Waves from One-Lead ECGs Using Principal Component Analysis Concepts 413
Wavelet Blind Separation: A New Methodology for the Analysis of Atrial Fibrillation from Holter Recordings 417
Atrial Signal Amplitude in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Atrial Fibrillation from the 12-Lead ECG 421
An Open-Source Method for Simulating Atrial Fibrillation Using ECGSYN 425
Automatic Detection of Conducted Premature Atrial Contractions to Predict Atrial Fibrillation in Patients after Cardiac Surgery 429
Nonlinear Analysis of Human Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation Using the Surface Electrocardiogram 441
Analysis of RR Interval and Fibrillation Frequency and Amplitude for Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 637
Detection of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 653
Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation with Time-Frequency Information 657
Electrocardiogram Signal Classification Based on Fractal Features 661
On Predicting the Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Episodes Using Linear and Non-Linear Parameters of ECG Signal and RR Series 665
Computers in Cardiology/Physionet Challenge 2004: AF Classification Based on Clinical Features 669
A Statistical Feature Based Approach to Predicting Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 673
Atrial Flutter
Nonlinear Analysis of Human Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation Using the Surface Electrocardiogram 441
A Vectorcardiographic Approach to Understanding the 12-Lead Electrocardiogram of Atrial Flutter 629
Atrial Tachyarrhythmia
Classification of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias in Electrocardiograms Using Time-Frequency Analysis 245
Characterization of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias by Means of Time Frequency Analysis 437
Atrioventricular Node
Development of 3-D Anatomically-Detailed Mathematical Models of the Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes 89
AV Dissociation
The Interaction of Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Variations for AV Dissociation Illustrated by a Closed-Loop Heart Rate Control Model 493
Averaging
Automated QT/RR Analysis Based on Selective Beat Averaging Applied to Electrocardiographic Holter 24H 9
Optimizing Risk Stratification: A Modified Signal-Averaged ECG Method 397

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Baroreflex
Indirect Evidence for Respiratory Influences Capable of Changing RR Intervals Independently of the Baroreflex 265
Standing Revised: Assessing Baroreflex Sensitivity by the Modified Transfer Function Method 273
Role of Causality in the Evaluation of Coherence and Transfer Function between Heart Period and Systolic Pressure in Humans 277
Synchronization of Heart Rate and Blood Pressure with Respiration 489
Bayesian Network
Bayesian Networks and Influence Diagrams as Valid Decision Support Tools in Systolic Heart Failure Management 181
Blind Separation
Wavelet Blind Separation: A New Methodology for the Analysis of Atrial Fibrillation from Holter Recordings 417
Blood Flow
Development of an Implantable Blood Flow and Pressure Monitor for Pulmonary Hypertension 713
Blood Pressure
Synchronization of Heart Rate and Blood Pressure with Respiration 489
The Interaction of Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Variations for AV Dissociation Illustrated by a Closed-Loop Heart Rate Control Model 493
Identifying Artifacts in Arterial Blood Pressure Using Morphogram Variability 697
Assessment of Mean Arterial Blood Pressure Using Spectral and Chaotic Analyses in Different Antihypertensive Drug Treatments 701
Monitoring Left Ventricular Contractility from Respiratory-Induced Blood Pressure Variability 705
Generating 24-Hour ECG, BP and Respiratory Signals with Realistic Linear and Nonlinear Clinical Characteristics Using a Nonlinear Model 709
Body Surface Potential Map
3-Dimensional Activation Sequence Reconstruction from Body Surface Potential Maps by Means of a Heart-Model-Based Imaging Approach 1
The Use of Magnetocardiography and Body Surface Potential Mapping in the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease in Chest Pain Patients with a Normal Electrocardiogram 389
Q Wave Myocardial Infarction Analysed by Body Surface Potential Mapping 725
Brugada
Acquired Brugada-like Symptoms of Cyanide-caused Cardiac Toxicity: A Computational Study 281

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Cardiac Motion
Cardiac Motion Extraction in Multislice Computed Tomography by Using a 3D Hierarchical Surface Matching Process 549
Cardiac Sound
Cardiac Sound Separation 497
Cardiac Surgery
Automatic Detection of Conducted Premature Atrial Contractions to Predict Atrial Fibrillation in Patients after Cardiac Surgery 429
Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology Data Integration between Remote Structures 593
Cardiac Toxicity
Acquired Brugada-like Symptoms of Cyanide-caused Cardiac Toxicity: A Computational Study 281
Cardiomyopathy
Extracting Robust Features from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Image Contours for Detecting Dilated Cardiomyopathy 157
Cardiovascular Parameters
Scaling Cardiovascular Parameters for Population Simulations 133
Carotid
Three-Dimensional Characterization of Carotid Plaque Structure and Deformation with Non-Invasive Ultrasound Imaging 237
CARTO Map
Registration and Fusion of Segmented Left Atrium CT Images with CARTO Electrical Maps for the Ablative Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation 345
Catheterization Lab
The Black Box: Biomedical Signals and Event Recorder in the Cath Lab 577
Challenge
Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: A Challenge from PhysioNet and Computers in Cardiology 2004 101
Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram to Predict Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: The 2004 Computers in Cardiology/PhysioNet Challenge 105
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Using Time-Frequency Analysis of the Atrial Fibrillatory Wave 109
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation in Surface ECG by Frequency Analysis 113
Automated Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation from Electrocardiograms 117
Predicting the End of an Atrial Fibrillation Episode: The PhysioNet Challenge 121
Analysis of RR Interval and Fibrillation Frequency and Amplitude for Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 637
Detection of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 653
Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation with Time-Frequency Information 657
Electrocardiogram Signal Classification Based on Fractal Features 661
On Predicting the Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Episodes Using Linear and Non-Linear Parameters of ECG Signal and RR Series 665
Computers in Cardiology/Physionet Challenge 2004: AF Classification Based on Clinical Features 669
A Statistical Feature Based Approach to Predicting Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 673
Circulation
Model of Arterial Tree and Peripheral Control for the Study of Physiological and Assisted Circulation 85
Nocturnal Overdrive Pacing Reduces Circulation Delay 309
Clinical Decision
A Multicentre PDA Project to Support the Clinical Decision Process 177
Clinical Lab
Estimation of Missing Values in Clinical Laboratory Measurements of ICU Patients Using a Weighted K-Nearest Neighbors Algorithm 693
Clinical Reporting
Computer Assisted Generation of Patient Discharge Letters Using the CARdiology Information System (CARIS) Greatly Accelerates Clinical Reporting 677
Computer Assisted
Computer Assisted Generation of Patient Discharge Letters Using the CARdiology Information System (CARIS) Greatly Accelerates Clinical Reporting 677
Contractility
Monitoring Left Ventricular Contractility from Respiratory-Induced Blood Pressure Variability 705
Contrast
Echocardiographic Detection of Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia Using Quantitative Analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Parametric Perfusion Images 233
Coronary Artery
The Use of Magnetocardiography and Body Surface Potential Mapping in the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease in Chest Pain Patients with a Normal Electrocardiogram 389
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade Attenuates the Electronic Uncoupling Induced by Coronary Artery Occlusion 405
Automatic Coronary Artery Detection on in Situ Heart Images 785
Coronary Flow
Development of a User-Friendly Database for Combined Assessment of Doppler Coronary Flow Reserve and Wall Motion Abnormalities 589
CT
Registration and Fusion of Segmented Left Atrium CT Images with CARTO Electrical Maps for the Ablative Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation 345
Cardiac Motion Extraction in Multislice Computed Tomography by Using a 3D Hierarchical Surface Matching Process 549

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Data Interpretation
Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology Data Integration between Remote Structures 593
Data Visualisation
An Interactive Web-Based Tool for Multi-Scale Physiological Data Visualization 569
Database
Computer-Assisted De-Identification of Free Text in the MIMIC II Database 341
A SCP Compatible 12-Lead Electrocardiogram Database for Signal Transmission, Storage and Analysis 621
The Annotation Station: An Open-Source Technology for Annotating Large Biomedical Databases 681
Decision Making
On-Line Integration and Analysis of Cardiological Data to Support Medical Decision Making 189
Defibrillator
Comparative Analysis in Terms of Computational Cost for Different Discrimination Algorithms in Implantable Defibrillators 17
Theoretical Research on the Influence of Defibrillator Paddle Position on the Human Ventricular Myocardium 97
Depolarization
Optimization-Based Reconstruction of Depolarization of the Heart 129
DICOM
A Proposal for Structured Diagnosis Reporting in Echocardiography Using a DICOM Compliant Environment 601
Structured Reporting of Echocardiography Images in a DICOM Environment 685
Document Architecture
HL7 Clinical Document Architecture to Share Cardiological Images and Structured Data in Next Generation Infrastructure 617
System for Electrophysiology Integration with Other Departments Using Clinical Document Architecture Technologies and HL7 V3 625
Doppler
Effect of Spatial, Temporal, and Velocity Resolution on Doppler Tissue Image Derived Indices 317
Semi-Automated Analysis of Doppler Images for Quantification of Changes in the Mitral Inflow Velocity Pattern during Parabolic Flight 321
Development of a User-Friendly Database for Combined Assessment of Doppler Coronary Flow Reserve and Wall Motion Abnormalities 589
Drug Treatment
Assessment of Mean Arterial Blood Pressure Using Spectral and Chaotic Analyses in Different Antihypertensive Drug Treatments 701

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eCardiology
Design of a Tele-Expertise Architecture Adapted to Pervasive Multi-Actor Environments: Application to eCardiology 749
ECG
Integrated Content and Format Checking for Processing of SCP ECG Records 37
Integrating the ECG Enterprise: HES-EKG with the Built-in Vital Signs Information Nomenclature 41
ECG Devices Interoperability in a Hospital Environment: Clinical Experience 45
Interoperability in Digital Electrocardiography after the OpenECG Project 49
A Rule Discovery Algorithm Appropriate for Electrocardiograph Signals 57
Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: A Challenge from PhysioNet and Computers in Cardiology 2004 101
Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram to Predict Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: The 2004 Computers in Cardiology/PhysioNet Challenge 105
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Using Time-Frequency Analysis of the Atrial Fibrillatory Wave 109
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation in Surface ECG by Frequency Analysis 113
Automated Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation from Electrocardiograms 117
Predicting the End of an Atrial Fibrillation Episode: The PhysioNet Challenge 121
A Neural Network Approach for Patient-Specific 12-Lead ECG Synthesis in Patient Monitoring Environments 161
Effect of Age and Gender on Diagnostic Accuracy of ECG Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction 165
Extension of the HES Program for Processing Pediatric ECGs 169
Effect of Lead Quality on Computerized ECG Interpretation 173
Relation of Pulmonary Venous Fibrillatory Rate to Rates Obtained from the Surface Electrocardiogram in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 241
Classification of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias in Electrocardiograms Using Time-Frequency Analysis 245
Time-Frequency Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram in Atrial Fibrillation for Monitoring and Predicting Antiarrhythmic Drug Effects 249
Preservation of Spatial Transfer Coefficients in Surface ECG Atrial Fibrillation Analysis 253
Quantitative Assessment of Synchronization during Atrial Fibrillation by Shannon Entropy Characterization of Propagation Delays 257
Identification of Steady States and Quantification of Transition Periods from Beat-by-Beat Cardiovascular Time Series: Application to Incremental Exercise Test 269
Electrocardiogram Based Evaluation of Children with Sleep Related Upper Airway Obstruction 289
Robust Electrocardiogram Derived Respiration from Stress Test Recordings: Validation with Respiration Recordings 293
Identification of Individual Sleep Apnea Events from the ECG Using Neural Networks and a Dynamic Markovian State Model 297
A Method for Arrhythmic Episode Classification in ECGs Using Fuzzy Logic and Markov Models 361
An Algorithm for EMG Noise Detection in Large ECG Data 369
On Improving the Classification of Myocardial Ischemia Using Holter ECG Data 377
Philips Medical System Support for Open ECG and Standardization Efforts 393
Optimizing Risk Stratification: A Modified Signal-Averaged ECG Method 397
Estimation of Atrial Fibrillatory Waves from One-Lead ECGs Using Principal Component Analysis Concepts 413
Atrial Signal Amplitude in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Atrial Fibrillation from the 12-Lead ECG 421
Nonlinear Analysis of Human Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation Using the Surface Electrocardiogram 441
Methods and Tools for Generating and Managing ecgML-Based Information 573
A SCP Compatible 12-Lead Electrocardiogram Database for Signal Transmission, Storage and Analysis 621
A Vectorcardiographic Approach to Understanding the 12-Lead Electrocardiogram of Atrial Flutter 629
Electrocardiogram Signal Classification Based on Fractal Features 661
On Predicting the Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Episodes Using Linear and Non-Linear Parameters of ECG Signal and RR Series 665
Generating 24-Hour ECG, BP and Respiratory Signals with Realistic Linear and Nonlinear Clinical Characteristics Using a Nonlinear Model 709
Detection of Hypotension during Hemodialysis Using the ECG 717
Fetal Heart Rate Extraction from Composite Maternal ECG Using a Complex Continuous Wavelet Transform 737
System for Remote Multi-Channel Real-Time Monitoring of ECG via the Internet 753
Quantification of the QT Variability Related to HRV: Robustness Study Facing Automatic Delineation and Noise on the ECG 769
ECG Viewer
Intensive Care Unit Alarm Repeater and ECG Viewer on a WiFi-Enabled Personal Digital Assistant 641
Echocardiography
Calculation of Left Ventricular Volume from 3D Echocardiography: a Comparison of Three Image Analysis Techniques 61
Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Quantification of Left Ventricular Mass: Comparison with Magnetic Resonance Imaging 65
A Novel System for the Assessment of Mitral Annular Geometry and Analysis of 3D Motion of Mitral Annulus from 3D Echocardiography 69
Semi-Automatic 3D-Segmentation of Live-3D Echocardiographic Images 73
A Histogram-Based Technique for Echocardiographic Image Enhancement 81
Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion Using Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Imaging 225
Anisotropic Processing of Image Structures for Adventitia Detection in Intravascular Ultrasound Images 229
Echocardiographic Detection of Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia Using Quantitative Analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Parametric Perfusion Images 233
Three-Dimensional Characterization of Carotid Plaque Structure and Deformation with Non-Invasive Ultrasound Imaging 237
Myocardial Strain Analysis of Echocardiographic Sequences Using Non-Rigid Registration 313
Robust B-Spline Snakes for Ultrasound Image Segmentation 325
Maximum Likelihood Segmentation with Rayleigh Distribution of Ultrasound Images 329
A New Thick-Walled Hydraulic Model of the Left Heart for the Assessment of Blood-Wall Interaction Using Ultrasound 333
Ultrasonographic Quantification of Local Cardiac Dynamics by Tracking Real Reflectors: Algorithm Development and Experimental Validation 337
Edge-Detection and Segmentation Methods for Two-Dimensional Echocardiograms 541
Fusion of a Priori Model for the 3D Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in Echocardiographic Image 545
Methodology of Locating Myocardial Dysfunction by Strain and Strain Rate Using 4D Discretely Trans-Esophageal Echocardiogram 557
Evaluation of the Microcirculation on Perfusion-Phase Analysis of Ultrasound Contrast Echocardiography Using Intuitive and Easy-to-Use Software Tools 565
A Proposal for Structured Diagnosis Reporting in Echocardiography Using a DICOM Compliant Environment 601
Integration of an Echo Component in a Standard X- ECG System: A Modular Approach 605
Echocardiographic Imaging and Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion Based on Interrupted Contrast Infusion 633
Left Ventricle Quantification in 3D Echocardiography Using a Geometric Deformable Model 649
Structured Reporting of Echocardiography Images in a DICOM Environment 685
Wireless Echocardiographic Image Acquisition and Review 741
Edge Detection
Edge-Detection and Segmentation Methods for Two-Dimensional Echocardiograms 541
The First Order Absolute Central Moment as an Edge-Detector in Cardiovascular Imaging: A Comparison with Two Well-Known Edge-Detectors 561
Elastomechanical
Deformation Simulation in an Elastomechanical Ventricular Model 777
Electrocardiography
Automated QT/RR Analysis Based on Selective Beat Averaging Applied to Electrocardiographic Holter 24H 9
Integrated Content and Format Checking for Processing of SCP ECG Records 37
Integrating the ECG Enterprise: HES-EKG with the Built-in Vital Signs Information Nomenclature 41
ECG Devices Interoperability in a Hospital Environment: Clinical Experience 45
Interoperability in Digital Electrocardiography after the OpenECG Project 49
A Rule Discovery Algorithm Appropriate for Electrocardiograph Signals 57
Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: A Challenge from PhysioNet and Computers in Cardiology 2004 101
Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram to Predict Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: The 2004 Computers in Cardiology/PhysioNet Challenge 105
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Using Time-Frequency Analysis of the Atrial Fibrillatory Wave 109
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation in Surface ECG by Frequency Analysis 113
Automated Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation from Electrocardiograms 117
Predicting the End of an Atrial Fibrillation Episode: The PhysioNet Challenge 121
A Neural Network Approach for Patient-Specific 12-Lead ECG Synthesis in Patient Monitoring Environments 161
Effect of Age and Gender on Diagnostic Accuracy of ECG Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction 165
Extension of the HES Program for Processing Pediatric ECGs 169
Effect of Lead Quality on Computerized ECG Interpretation 173
Relation of Pulmonary Venous Fibrillatory Rate to Rates Obtained from the Surface Electrocardiogram in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 241
Classification of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias in Electrocardiograms Using Time-Frequency Analysis 245
Time-Frequency Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram in Atrial Fibrillation for Monitoring and Predicting Antiarrhythmic Drug Effects 249
Preservation of Spatial Transfer Coefficients in Surface ECG Atrial Fibrillation Analysis 253
Quantitative Assessment of Synchronization during Atrial Fibrillation by Shannon Entropy Characterization of Propagation Delays 257
Identification of Steady States and Quantification of Transition Periods from Beat-by-Beat Cardiovascular Time Series: Application to Incremental Exercise Test 269
Electrocardiogram Based Evaluation of Children with Sleep Related Upper Airway Obstruction 289
Robust Electrocardiogram Derived Respiration from Stress Test Recordings: Validation with Respiration Recordings 293
Improved QRS Detection in Pediatric Stress Test Electrocardiograms 365
Efficacy of Surface Electrodes for Detection of the Electrocardiogram Activity during Deep Accidental Hypothermia 385
The Use of Magnetocardiography and Body Surface Potential Mapping in the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease in Chest Pain Patients with a Normal Electrocardiogram 389
Automating the Selection of Expansion Modes Using the Principal Components of Time Method for Solving the Inverse Problem of Electrocardiography 401
Atrial Signal Amplitude in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Atrial Fibrillation from the 12-Lead ECG 421
Nonlinear Analysis of Human Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation Using the Surface Electrocardiogram 441
A SCP Compatible 12-Lead Electrocardiogram Database for Signal Transmission, Storage and Analysis 621
A Vectorcardiographic Approach to Understanding the 12-Lead Electrocardiogram of Atrial Flutter 629
Electrocardiogram Signal Classification Based on Fractal Features 661
Quantification of Ventricular Repolarization Dispersion on the Electrocardiogram by means of T Wave Duration 757
Effect of Averaging for the Automatic Measurement of QT Dispersion Using Multichannel Magnetocardiography and Electrocardiography 761
A Saline Tank Study of a Catheter Guiding Method for Ablative Therapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias by Application of Inverse Solution to Body Surface Electrocardiographic Signals 781
Electrode
Efficacy of Surface Electrodes for Detection of the Electrocardiogram Activity during Deep Accidental Hypothermia 385
Electrodermal Activity
Assessment of Heart Rate and Electrodermal Activity during Sustained Attention to Response Tests 473
Electrogram
Accuracy of Activation Times Detected in Simulated Extracellular Electrograms 93
Detection of His-Purkinje Activity from Distant Intracardiac Electrograms 729
Electromechanical
New Visualisation Methods of Electromechanical Left Ventricular Contraction Asynchrony 77
Electro-Mechanics in Biventricular Models 537
Electrophysiology
System for Electrophysiology Integration with Other Departments Using Clinical Document Architecture Technologies and HL7 V3 625
EMG
An Algorithm for EMG Noise Detection in Large ECG Data 369
Endocardial Potentials
Effect of Intracavitary Probe Size on the Accuracy of Inverse Endocardial Potential Estimates 581
Entropy
Quantitative Assessment of Synchronization during Atrial Fibrillation by Shannon Entropy Characterization of Propagation Delays 257
Event Recorder
The Black Box: Biomedical Signals and Event Recorder in the Cath Lab 577
Exercise
Identification of Steady States and Quantification of Transition Periods from Beat-by-Beat Cardiovascular Time Series: Application to Incremental Exercise Test 269
Curve Registration for the Study of P-Wave Morphing during Exercise 433
Hysteresis Analysis of the PR-PP Relation under Exercise Conditions 461

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Fetal
Fetal Heart Rate Extraction from Composite Maternal ECG Using a Complex Continuous Wavelet Transform 737
Fibrillation
Computational Study of the Relative Contributions of Electrical and Intercellular Coupling Remodelling on Human Atrial Conduction during Fibrillation 141
Relation of Pulmonary Venous Fibrillatory Rate to Rates Obtained from the Surface Electrocardiogram in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 241
Finite Element
The Mortar Finite Element Method for Cardiac Reaction-Diffusion Models 509
Fractal Analysis
Electrocardiogram Signal Classification Based on Fractal Features 661
Free Radicals
Effects of Free Radicals on Na(+)-Ca(2+) Exchanger: A Computer Modeling 517
Fuzzy Logic
A Method for Arrhythmic Episode Classification in ECGs Using Fuzzy Logic and Markov Models 361

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Genetic-Algorithm
Using Genetic-Algorithm Trained Perceptrons with Adaptive Structure for the Detection of Premature Ventricular Contraction 353
Guidelines
Cardiology Guidelines at Point of Care 185

H

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Heart Failure
Bayesian Networks and Influence Diagrams as Valid Decision Support Tools in Systolic Heart Failure Management 181
Risk Stratification in Advanced Heart Failure Using Lorenz Plot Indices of Heart Rate Variability 209
Heart Model
3-Dimensional Activation Sequence Reconstruction from Body Surface Potential Maps by Means of a Heart-Model-Based Imaging Approach 1
Localization of Site of Origin of Reentrant Arrhythmia from BSPMs by Means of Heart-Model-Based Approach 521
Heart Period
Role of Causality in the Evaluation of Coherence and Transfer Function between Heart Period and Systolic Pressure in Humans 277
Heart Rate
Assessment of Heart Rate and Electrodermal Activity during Sustained Attention to Response Tests 473
Synchronization of Heart Rate and Blood Pressure with Respiration 489
The Interaction of Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Variations for AV Dissociation Illustrated by a Closed-Loop Heart Rate Control Model 493
Fetal Heart Rate Extraction from Composite Maternal ECG Using a Complex Continuous Wavelet Transform 737
Heart Rate Variability
Can Heart Rate Variability Analysis Predict the Acute Onset of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias? 201
Distinguishing Normal and Abnormal Heart Rate Variability Using Graphical and Non-Linear Analyses 205
Risk Stratification in Advanced Heart Failure Using Lorenz Plot Indices of Heart Rate Variability 209
On Utilizing the Strengths of AR and MVDR Methods to Circumvent Their Weaknesses in Application to HRV Analysis 213
10 Second Heart Rate Variability 217
Ventilatory Threshold Detection: A New Method Based on Heart Rate Variability 221
Hemodynamic Improvement and Heart Rate Variability during Aortic Counterpulsation 453
Quantitative Poincare Plot Analysis Contains Relevant Information Related to Heart Rate Variability Dynamics of Normal and Pathological Subjects 457
Measurement of Heart Rate Variability during Recurrent Episodes of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia in One Patient Using Wavelet Transform Analysis 469
Testing for the Presence of Nonstationarities in Short Heart Rate Variability Series 645
Heart Surgery
Improved Preoperative Planning in Robotic Heart Surgery 773
Hemodialysis
Detection of Hypotension during Hemodialysis Using the ECG 717
His-Purkinje
Detection of His-Purkinje Activity from Distant Intracardiac Electrograms 729
Holter
Automated QT/RR Analysis Based on Selective Beat Averaging Applied to Electrocardiographic Holter 24H 9
The Next-Generation Holter Revolution: From "Analyse, Edit, Print" to "Analyse, Print" 373
On Improving the Classification of Myocardial Ischemia Using Holter ECG Data 377
Extracting Concealed Atrial Premature Contractions from Ambulatory Holter Data Using a PC-Based System 409
Wavelet Blind Separation: A New Methodology for the Analysis of Atrial Fibrillation from Holter Recordings 417
Hydraulic Model
A New Thick-Walled Hydraulic Model of the Left Heart for the Assessment of Blood-Wall Interaction Using Ultrasound 333
Hypertension
Development of an Implantable Blood Flow and Pressure Monitor for Pulmonary Hypertension 713
Hyperthermia
Modifications in the Activation Process during Ventricular Fibrillation by Local Hyperthermia 25
Hypertrophy
Simulation of Hypertrophy in Rat Left Ventricular Cells 513
Hypopnea
Application of RR Series and Oximetry to a Statistical Classifier for the Detection of Sleep Apnoea/Hypopnoea 305
Hypotension
Detection of Hypotension during Hemodialysis Using the ECG 717
Hypothermia
Efficacy of Surface Electrodes for Detection of the Electrocardiogram Activity during Deep Accidental Hypothermia 385

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3 A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
ICU
An Open-Source, Interactive Java-Based System for Rapid Encoding of Significant Events in the ICU Using the Unified Medical Language System 197
Estimation of Missing Values in Clinical Laboratory Measurements of ICU Patients Using a Weighted K-Nearest Neighbors Algorithm 693
Image Enhancement
A Histogram-Based Technique for Echocardiographic Image Enhancement 81
Image Library
Radiologic Image Library for Pathology Related Searches 689
Imaging
3-Dimensional Activation Sequence Reconstruction from Body Surface Potential Maps by Means of a Heart-Model-Based Imaging Approach 1
Calculation of Left Ventricular Volume from 3D Echocardiography: a Comparison of Three Image Analysis Techniques 61
Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Quantification of Left Ventricular Mass: Comparison with Magnetic Resonance Imaging 65
A Novel System for the Assessment of Mitral Annular Geometry and Analysis of 3D Motion of Mitral Annulus from 3D Echocardiography 69
Semi-Automatic 3D-Segmentation of Live-3D Echocardiographic Images 73
A Histogram-Based Technique for Echocardiographic Image Enhancement 81
Myocardial Perfusion Evaluation with T2-Prepared Gradient Echo Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Imaging at 3 Tesla 145
Semi-Automated Quantification of Left Ventricular Volumes and Mass from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images by Level Set Models 149
Objective Assessment of Left Ventricular Wall Motion from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images 153
Extracting Robust Features from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Image Contours for Detecting Dilated Cardiomyopathy 157
Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion Using Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Imaging 225
Anisotropic Processing of Image Structures for Adventitia Detection in Intravascular Ultrasound Images 229
Three-Dimensional Characterization of Carotid Plaque Structure and Deformation with Non-Invasive Ultrasound Imaging 237
Myocardial Strain Analysis of Echocardiographic Sequences Using Non-Rigid Registration 313
Effect of Spatial, Temporal, and Velocity Resolution on Doppler Tissue Image Derived Indices 317
Robust B-Spline Snakes for Ultrasound Image Segmentation 325
Ultrasonographic Quantification of Local Cardiac Dynamics by Tracking Real Reflectors: Algorithm Development and Experimental Validation 337
Registration and Fusion of Segmented Left Atrium CT Images with CARTO Electrical Maps for the Ablative Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation 345
Edge-Detection and Segmentation Methods for Two-Dimensional Echocardiograms 541
Fusion of a Priori Model for the 3D Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in Echocardiographic Image 545
Methodology of Locating Myocardial Dysfunction by Strain and Strain Rate Using 4D Discretely Trans-Esophageal Echocardiogram 557
The First Order Absolute Central Moment as an Edge-Detector in Cardiovascular Imaging: A Comparison with Two Well-Known Edge-Detectors 561
Evaluation of the Microcirculation on Perfusion-Phase Analysis of Ultrasound Contrast Echocardiography Using Intuitive and Easy-to-Use Software Tools 565
A Proposal for Structured Diagnosis Reporting in Echocardiography Using a DICOM Compliant Environment 601
Integration of an Echo Component in a Standard X- ECG System: A Modular Approach 605
HL7 Clinical Document Architecture to Share Cardiological Images and Structured Data in Next Generation Infrastructure 617
Echocardiographic Imaging and Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion Based on Interrupted Contrast Infusion 633
Left Ventricle Quantification in 3D Echocardiography Using a Geometric Deformable Model 649
Structured Reporting of Echocardiography Images in a DICOM Environment 685
Radiologic Image Library for Pathology Related Searches 689
Wireless Echocardiographic Image Acquisition and Review 741
Automatic Coronary Artery Detection on in Situ Heart Images 785
Implantable Defibrillator
Comparative Analysis in Terms of Computational Cost for Different Discrimination Algorithms in Implantable Defibrillators 17
Influence Diagram
Bayesian Networks and Influence Diagrams as Valid Decision Support Tools in Systolic Heart Failure Management 181
Internet
System for Remote Multi-Channel Real-Time Monitoring of ECG via the Internet 753
Interoperability
ECG Devices Interoperability in a Hospital Environment: Clinical Experience 45
Interoperability in Digital Electrocardiography after the OpenECG Project 49
Intravascular Ultrasound
Anisotropic Processing of Image Structures for Adventitia Detection in Intravascular Ultrasound Images 229
Inverse Solution
A Saline Tank Study of a Catheter Guiding Method for Ablative Therapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias by Application of Inverse Solution to Body Surface Electrocardiographic Signals 781
Ischemia
ST-Segment Analysis Using Hidden Markov Model Beat Segmentation: Application to Ischemia Detection 381
Effects of Acute Ischemia on the Restitution Curves of Myocardial Tissue: A Simulation Study 525
Effects of Pinacidil on Refractoriness in Acutely Ischemic Tissue: Insights from Experiments and Simulations 529

K

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3 A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
Knowledge Base
Using Ontologies to Build a Knowledge Base of Cardiology Problems and Algorithms 609
Knowledge Management
Self-Maintained Collaborative and Multidisciplinary System for Knowledge Management in Cardiology 597

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Lead Quality
Effect of Lead Quality on Computerized ECG Interpretation 173
Lead Set
Efficacy of a Reduced Lead Set for Pre-Hospital Triage of Thrombolytic Strategies 5
Left Ventricle
Calculation of Left Ventricular Volume from 3D Echocardiography: a Comparison of Three Image Analysis Techniques 61
Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Quantification of Left Ventricular Mass: Comparison with Magnetic Resonance Imaging 65
New Visualisation Methods of Electromechanical Left Ventricular Contraction Asynchrony 77
Semi-Automated Quantification of Left Ventricular Volumes and Mass from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images by Level Set Models 149
Simulation of Hypertrophy in Rat Left Ventricular Cells 513
Fusion of a Priori Model for the 3D Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in Echocardiographic Image 545
Left Ventricle Quantification in 3D Echocardiography Using a Geometric Deformable Model 649
Monitoring Left Ventricular Contractility from Respiratory-Induced Blood Pressure Variability 705
libRASCH
libRASCH: A Programming Framework for Signal Handling 53
LQT2
Identification of the Potential LQT2 Carriers by Using the CAVIAR Method 789

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3 A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Quantification of Left Ventricular Mass: Comparison with Magnetic Resonance Imaging 65
Myocardial Perfusion Evaluation with T2-Prepared Gradient Echo Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Imaging at 3 Tesla 145
Semi-Automated Quantification of Left Ventricular Volumes and Mass from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images by Level Set Models 149
Objective Assessment of Left Ventricular Wall Motion from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images 153
Extracting Robust Features from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Image Contours for Detecting Dilated Cardiomyopathy 157
Magnetocardiography
The Use of Magnetocardiography and Body Surface Potential Mapping in the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease in Chest Pain Patients with a Normal Electrocardiogram 389
Effect of Averaging for the Automatic Measurement of QT Dispersion Using Multichannel Magnetocardiography and Electrocardiography 761
Markov Model
Identification of Individual Sleep Apnea Events from the ECG Using Neural Networks and a Dynamic Markovian State Model 297
A Method for Arrhythmic Episode Classification in ECGs Using Fuzzy Logic and Markov Models 361
ST-Segment Analysis Using Hidden Markov Model Beat Segmentation: Application to Ischemia Detection 381
Microcirculation
Evaluation of the Microcirculation on Perfusion-Phase Analysis of Ultrasound Contrast Echocardiography Using Intuitive and Easy-to-Use Software Tools 565
Mitral Annulus
A Novel System for the Assessment of Mitral Annular Geometry and Analysis of 3D Motion of Mitral Annulus from 3D Echocardiography 69
Mitral Flow
Semi-Automated Analysis of Doppler Images for Quantification of Changes in the Mitral Inflow Velocity Pattern during Parabolic Flight 321
Model
Computer Modelling of Ventricular Rhythm during Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular Pacing 29
Development of 3-D Anatomically-Detailed Mathematical Models of the Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes 89
Beating Heart Modeling and Simulation 137
PRISM™: A Web-Based Framework for Deploying Predictive Clinical Models 193
Effects of the Antiarrhythmic Drug Dofetilide on Regional Heterogeneity of Action Potential Duration: A Computer Modelling Study 285
Identification of Individual Sleep Apnea Events from the ECG Using Neural Networks and a Dynamic Markovian State Model 297
A New Thick-Walled Hydraulic Model of the Left Heart for the Assessment of Blood-Wall Interaction Using Ultrasound 333
Modeling Fibroblast-Mediated Conduction in the Ventricle 349
A New Nonlinear Model for Generating RR Tachograms 481
Phase Resetting in Central and Peripheral Sinoatrial Node Cell Models 505
The Mortar Finite Element Method for Cardiac Reaction-Diffusion Models 509
Effects of Free Radicals on Na(+)-Ca(2+) Exchanger: A Computer Modeling 517
Effects of Cardiac Sodium Channel Mutations on the Vulnerable Period in Heterogeneous vs Homogeneous Models of Ventricular Wall 533
Electro-Mechanics in Biventricular Models 537
Statistical 3D Shape-Model Guided Segmentation of Cardiac Images 553
Left Ventricle Quantification in 3D Echocardiography Using a Geometric Deformable Model 649
Generating 24-Hour ECG, BP and Respiratory Signals with Realistic Linear and Nonlinear Clinical Characteristics Using a Nonlinear Model 709
Monitoring
A Neural Network Approach for Patient-Specific 12-Lead ECG Synthesis in Patient Monitoring Environments 161
Time-Frequency Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram in Atrial Fibrillation for Monitoring and Predicting Antiarrhythmic Drug Effects 249
Sensitivity-Specificity Tradeoff for Different Alarm Strategies in Continuous 12-Lead ST-Segment Monitoring 721
System for Remote Multi-Channel Real-Time Monitoring of ECG via the Internet 753
Mortality
Slope of Autocorrelation Function of Detrended 24-Hour RR-Interval Recording Independently Predicts Mortality in Postinfarction Patients 733
Mutation
Familial Atrial Fibrillation: Simulation of the Mechanisms and Effects of a Slow Rectifier Potassium Channel Mutation in Human Atrial Tissue 125
Myocardial Dysfunction
Methodology of Locating Myocardial Dysfunction by Strain and Strain Rate Using 4D Discretely Trans-Esophageal Echocardiogram 557
Myocardial Infarction
Effect of Age and Gender on Diagnostic Accuracy of ECG Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction 165
Q Wave Myocardial Infarction Analysed by Body Surface Potential Mapping 725
Myocardial Ischemia
Echocardiographic Detection of Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia Using Quantitative Analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Parametric Perfusion Images 233
On Improving the Classification of Myocardial Ischemia Using Holter ECG Data 377
Myocardial Perfusion
Myocardial Perfusion Evaluation with T2-Prepared Gradient Echo Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Imaging at 3 Tesla 145
Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion Using Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Imaging 225
Echocardiographic Imaging and Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion Based on Interrupted Contrast Infusion 633
Myocardial Strain
Myocardial Strain Analysis of Echocardiographic Sequences Using Non-Rigid Registration 313

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3 A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
Neural Network
A Neural Network Approach for Patient-Specific 12-Lead ECG Synthesis in Patient Monitoring Environments 161
Identification of Individual Sleep Apnea Events from the ECG Using Neural Networks and a Dynamic Markovian State Model 297
Non-Linear Analysis
Distinguishing Normal and Abnormal Heart Rate Variability Using Graphical and Non-Linear Analyses 205
Non-Linear Analysis of Atrial Signals for Assessing the Effects of Adrenergic Activation in Sinus Rhythm and Atrial Fibrillation 261
Nonlinear Analysis of Human Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation Using the Surface Electrocardiogram 441

O

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3 A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
Ontologies
Using Ontologies to Build a Knowledge Base of Cardiology Problems and Algorithms 609
Open ECG
Interoperability in Digital Electrocardiography after the OpenECG Project 49
Philips Medical System Support for Open ECG and Standardization Efforts 393
Open-Source
The Annotation Station: An Open-Source Technology for Annotating Large Biomedical Databases 681
Outpatient Management
EMR Standards in Cardiology Outpatient Management 613

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P-Wave
Curve Registration for the Study of P-Wave Morphing during Exercise 433
Pacing
Computer Modelling of Ventricular Rhythm during Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular Pacing 29
Nocturnal Overdrive Pacing Reduces Circulation Delay 309
Parabolic Flight
Semi-Automated Analysis of Doppler Images for Quantification of Changes in the Mitral Inflow Velocity Pattern during Parabolic Flight 321
Parasympathetic Control
A Selective Quantification of Cardiac Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Control and Its Validation through Pharmacological Blockade 477
Pattern Recognition
Pattern Recognition and Optimal Parameter Selection in Premature Ventricular Contraction Classification 357
Phonocardiography
Mobile Internet Digital Phonocardiography in Clinical Settings and in Population Screening 501
Photoplethysmography
Effects of Filtering on Multi-Site Photoplethysmography Pulse Waveform Characteristics 485
PhysioNet
Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: A Challenge from PhysioNet and Computers in Cardiology 2004 101
Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram to Predict Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: The 2004 Computers in Cardiology/PhysioNet Challenge 105
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Using Time-Frequency Analysis of the Atrial Fibrillatory Wave 109
Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation in Surface ECG by Frequency Analysis 113
Automated Prediction of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation from Electrocardiograms 117
Predicting the End of an Atrial Fibrillation Episode: The PhysioNet Challenge 121
Analysis of RR Interval and Fibrillation Frequency and Amplitude for Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 637
Detection of Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 653
Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation with Time-Frequency Information 657
Electrocardiogram Signal Classification Based on Fractal Features 661
On Predicting the Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Episodes Using Linear and Non-Linear Parameters of ECG Signal and RR Series 665
Computers in Cardiology/Physionet Challenge 2004: AF Classification Based on Clinical Features 669
A Statistical Feature Based Approach to Predicting Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 673
Plaque
Three-Dimensional Characterization of Carotid Plaque Structure and Deformation with Non-Invasive Ultrasound Imaging 237
Poincare Plot
Quantitative Poincare Plot Analysis Contains Relevant Information Related to Heart Rate Variability Dynamics of Normal and Pathological Subjects 457
Potassium Channel
Familial Atrial Fibrillation: Simulation of the Mechanisms and Effects of a Slow Rectifier Potassium Channel Mutation in Human Atrial Tissue 125
Principal Components
Automating the Selection of Expansion Modes Using the Principal Components of Time Method for Solving the Inverse Problem of Electrocardiography 401
Estimation of Atrial Fibrillatory Waves from One-Lead ECGs Using Principal Component Analysis Concepts 413
Probe
Effect of Intracavitary Probe Size on the Accuracy of Inverse Endocardial Potential Estimates 581
Pulmonary Vein
Relation of Pulmonary Venous Fibrillatory Rate to Rates Obtained from the Surface Electrocardiogram in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 241
Pulse Waveform
Effects of Filtering on Multi-Site Photoplethysmography Pulse Waveform Characteristics 485

Q

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Q-Wave
Q Wave Myocardial Infarction Analysed by Body Surface Potential Mapping 725
QRS Detection
Improved QRS Detection in Pediatric Stress Test Electrocardiograms 365
QT
Automated QT/RR Analysis Based on Selective Beat Averaging Applied to Electrocardiographic Holter 24H 9
Automated QT Interval Analysis with Confidence Measures 765
Quantification of the QT Variability Related to HRV: Robustness Study Facing Automatic Delineation and Noise on the ECG 769
QT Dispersion
Effect of Averaging for the Automatic Measurement of QT Dispersion Using Multichannel Magnetocardiography and Electrocardiography 761

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Records
Integrated Content and Format Checking for Processing of SCP ECG Records 37
Reflectors
Ultrasonographic Quantification of Local Cardiac Dynamics by Tracking Real Reflectors: Algorithm Development and Experimental Validation 337
Repolarization
Automated QT/RR Analysis Based on Selective Beat Averaging Applied to Electrocardiographic Holter 24H 9
Quantification of Ventricular Repolarization Dispersion on the Electrocardiogram by means of T Wave Duration 757
Effect of Averaging for the Automatic Measurement of QT Dispersion Using Multichannel Magnetocardiography and Electrocardiography 761
Automated QT Interval Analysis with Confidence Measures 765
Quantification of the QT Variability Related to HRV: Robustness Study Facing Automatic Delineation and Noise on the ECG 769
Identification of the Potential LQT2 Carriers by Using the CAVIAR Method 789
Respiration
Indirect Evidence for Respiratory Influences Capable of Changing RR Intervals Independently of the Baroreflex 265
Robust Electrocardiogram Derived Respiration from Stress Test Recordings: Validation with Respiration Recordings 293
Synchronization of Heart Rate and Blood Pressure with Respiration 489
Monitoring Left Ventricular Contractility from Respiratory-Induced Blood Pressure Variability 705
Generating 24-Hour ECG, BP and Respiratory Signals with Realistic Linear and Nonlinear Clinical Characteristics Using a Nonlinear Model 709
Risk
Optimizing Risk Stratification: A Modified Signal-Averaged ECG Method 397
Risk Stratification
Risk Stratification in Advanced Heart Failure Using Lorenz Plot Indices of Heart Rate Variability 209
Optimizing Risk Stratification: A Modified Signal-Averaged ECG Method 397
Robotic Surgery
Improved Preoperative Planning in Robotic Heart Surgery 773
RR Tachograms
A New Nonlinear Model for Generating RR Tachograms 481
RR-Interval
Indirect Evidence for Respiratory Influences Capable of Changing RR Intervals Independently of the Baroreflex 265
Analysis of RR Interval and Fibrillation Frequency and Amplitude for Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation 637
Slope of Autocorrelation Function of Detrended 24-Hour RR-Interval Recording Independently Predicts Mortality in Postinfarction Patients 733

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3 A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
Segmentation
Semi-Automatic 3D-Segmentation of Live-3D Echocardiographic Images 73
Robust B-Spline Snakes for Ultrasound Image Segmentation 325
Maximum Likelihood Segmentation with Rayleigh Distribution of Ultrasound Images 329
Registration and Fusion of Segmented Left Atrium CT Images with CARTO Electrical Maps for the Ablative Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation 345
Edge-Detection and Segmentation Methods for Two-Dimensional Echocardiograms 541
Fusion of a Priori Model for the 3D Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in Echocardiographic Image 545
Statistical 3D Shape-Model Guided Segmentation of Cardiac Images 553
Simulation
Accuracy of Activation Times Detected in Simulated Extracellular Electrograms 93
Familial Atrial Fibrillation: Simulation of the Mechanisms and Effects of a Slow Rectifier Potassium Channel Mutation in Human Atrial Tissue 125
Scaling Cardiovascular Parameters for Population Simulations 133
Beating Heart Modeling and Simulation 137
Effects of Acute Ischemia on the Restitution Curves of Myocardial Tissue: A Simulation Study 525
Effects of Pinacidil on Refractoriness in Acutely Ischemic Tissue: Insights from Experiments and Simulations 529
Deformation Simulation in an Elastomechanical Ventricular Model 777
Sinoatrial Node
Development of 3-D Anatomically-Detailed Mathematical Models of the Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes 89
Phase Resetting in Central and Peripheral Sinoatrial Node Cell Models 505
Sinus Rhythm
Non-Linear Analysis of Atrial Signals for Assessing the Effects of Adrenergic Activation in Sinus Rhythm and Atrial Fibrillation 261
Sleep
Electrocardiogram Based Evaluation of Children with Sleep Related Upper Airway Obstruction 289
Identification of Individual Sleep Apnea Events from the ECG Using Neural Networks and a Dynamic Markovian State Model 297
PP and PR Interval Variations in Pediatric Subjects Being Evaluated for Obstructive Sleep Apnea 301
Application of RR Series and Oximetry to a Statistical Classifier for the Detection of Sleep Apnoea/Hypopnoea 305
Sleep Apnea
Identification of Individual Sleep Apnea Events from the ECG Using Neural Networks and a Dynamic Markovian State Model 297
PP and PR Interval Variations in Pediatric Subjects Being Evaluated for Obstructive Sleep Apnea 301
Application of RR Series and Oximetry to a Statistical Classifier for the Detection of Sleep Apnoea/Hypopnoea 305
Snake
Robust B-Spline Snakes for Ultrasound Image Segmentation 325
Sodium Channel
Effects of Cardiac Sodium Channel Mutations on the Vulnerable Period in Heterogeneous vs Homogeneous Models of Ventricular Wall 533
ST-Segment
ST-Segment Analysis Using Hidden Markov Model Beat Segmentation: Application to Ischemia Detection 381
An Open-Source Tool to Evaluate the Performance of Transient ST Segment Episode Detection Algorithms 585
Sensitivity-Specificity Tradeoff for Different Alarm Strategies in Continuous 12-Lead ST-Segment Monitoring 721
Standards
EMR Standards in Cardiology Outpatient Management 613
Standing
Standing Revised: Assessing Baroreflex Sensitivity by the Modified Transfer Function Method 273
Stress Test
Robust Electrocardiogram Derived Respiration from Stress Test Recordings: Validation with Respiration Recordings 293
Improved QRS Detection in Pediatric Stress Test Electrocardiograms 365
Sympathetic Conrtol
A Selective Quantification of Cardiac Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Control and Its Validation through Pharmacological Blockade 477
Sympathetic Nerve Activity
Interpreting Power-Spectral-Measures Extracted from Sympathetic Nerve Activity: Possibilities and Pitfalls 465
Systolic Pressure
Role of Causality in the Evaluation of Coherence and Transfer Function between Heart Period and Systolic Pressure in Humans 277

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T-Wave
Improving T-Wave Alternans Measurement Quality by Reduction of Noise and Artifacts 445
Effect of Noise on Frequency and Time Domain Methods of T Wave Alternans 449
Quantification of Ventricular Repolarization Dispersion on the Electrocardiogram by means of T Wave Duration 757
Telemonitoring
Intelligent Cardiac Telemonitoring System 745
Thrombolytic Strategies
Efficacy of a Reduced Lead Set for Pre-Hospital Triage of Thrombolytic Strategies 5
Time-Frequency Analysis
Classification of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias in Electrocardiograms Using Time-Frequency Analysis 245
Time-Frequency Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiogram in Atrial Fibrillation for Monitoring and Predicting Antiarrhythmic Drug Effects 249
Characterization of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias by Means of Time Frequency Analysis 437
Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation with Time-Frequency Information 657
Tissue Imaging
Effect of Spatial, Temporal, and Velocity Resolution on Doppler Tissue Image Derived Indices 317
Tomography
Cardiac Motion Extraction in Multislice Computed Tomography by Using a 3D Hierarchical Surface Matching Process 549
Trans-Esophageal Echocardiography
Methodology of Locating Myocardial Dysfunction by Strain and Strain Rate Using 4D Discretely Trans-Esophageal Echocardiogram 557

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Ultrasound
A New Thick-Walled Hydraulic Model of the Left Heart for the Assessment of Blood-Wall Interaction Using Ultrasound 333
Evaluation of the Microcirculation on Perfusion-Phase Analysis of Ultrasound Contrast Echocardiography Using Intuitive and Easy-to-Use Software Tools 565

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Vectorcardiography
A Vectorcardiographic Approach to Understanding the 12-Lead Electrocardiogram of Atrial Flutter 629
Ventilatory Threshold
Ventilatory Threshold Detection: A New Method Based on Heart Rate Variability 221
Ventricular Conduction
Modeling Fibroblast-Mediated Conduction in the Ventricle 349
Ventricular Contraction
Using Genetic-Algorithm Trained Perceptrons with Adaptive Structure for the Detection of Premature Ventricular Contraction 353
Pattern Recognition and Optimal Parameter Selection in Premature Ventricular Contraction Classification 357
Ventricular Fibrillation
Discrimination between Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation Using the Continuous Wavelet Transform 21
Modifications in the Activation Process during Ventricular Fibrillation by Local Hyperthermia 25
Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia
Can Heart Rate Variability Analysis Predict the Acute Onset of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias? 201
Measurement of Heart Rate Variability during Recurrent Episodes of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia in One Patient Using Wavelet Transform Analysis 469
Ventricular Tachycardia
Discrimination between Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation Using the Continuous Wavelet Transform 21
Ventricular Wall Motion
Objective Assessment of Left Ventricular Wall Motion from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images 153
Vital Signs
Integrating the ECG Enterprise: HES-EKG with the Built-in Vital Signs Information Nomenclature 41

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Wavelet
Wavelet Blind Separation: A New Methodology for the Analysis of Atrial Fibrillation from Holter Recordings 417
Measurement of Heart Rate Variability during Recurrent Episodes of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia in One Patient Using Wavelet Transform Analysis 469
Fetal Heart Rate Extraction from Composite Maternal ECG Using a Complex Continuous Wavelet Transform 737
Web-based
PRISM™: A Web-Based Framework for Deploying Predictive Clinical Models 193
An Interactive Web-Based Tool for Multi-Scale Physiological Data Visualization 569
WiFi
Intensive Care Unit Alarm Repeater and ECG Viewer on a WiFi-Enabled Personal Digital Assistant 641