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The electrocardiogram can be theoretically modeled by relating cellular transmembrane action potentials to skin potentials using a bidomain model of heart muscle and solutions to the volume conductor problem. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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This research aims to establish the biophysical principles underlying the electrocardiogram.

June 1, 1989Proceedings of the IEEE

On the theory of the electrocardiogram

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DGDavid B. GeselowitzUniversity of the Sciences

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Provides foundation for ECG computer models; leaves open clinical adoption pending prospective validation.

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This research aims to establish the biophysical principles underlying the electrocardiogram.
Developed a bidomain model representing heart muscle activity.
Applied Green's theorem to solve the volume conductor problem.
Created a computer model linking skin potentials with action potentials in the heart.
Demonstrated relationships between bioelectric sources and electrocardiogram waveforms.
Established transformations of source representations, including multipoles and dipoles.
Related time integrals of the waveform to excitation times and action potential durations.

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David B. Geselowitz (1989) studied this question.

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