A generalized finite difference method for modeling cardiac electrical activation on arbitrary, irregular computational meshes

DOI10.1016/j.mbs.2005.07.007zbMath1093.65086WikidataQ46685222 ScholiaQ46685222MaRDI QIDQ2494894

Andrew J. Pullan, Mark L. Trew, Bruce H. Smaill, David P. Bullivant, Peter J. Hunter

Publication date: 30 June 2006

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2005.07.007

zbMATH Keywords

numerical examples; finite difference; Moore-Penrose inverse; elliptic equation; bidomain equations; parabolic reaction-diffusion equation; cardiac electrical activity; irregular computational meshes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35J25: Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic equations

65M06: Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

92C30: Physiology (general)

35K15: Initial value problems for second-order parabolic equations

65M50: Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for the numerical solution of initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

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Uses Software

• CUBIT

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