AuthorsG. T. Lines, P. Grøttum and A. Tveito
TitleModeling the Electrical Activity of the Heart -A Bidomain Model of the Ventricles Embedded in a Torso
AfilliationScientific Computing, Scientific Computing
StatusPublished
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2003
JournalComputing and Visualization in Science
Volume5
Number4
Pagination195-213
Abstract

In this paper a model for the electrical activity of the heart will be presented and an approach to solve the resulting numerical problem will be suggested. The Bidomain Model is used to compute the spatial distribution of the electrical potential. The partial differential equations are discretized with the finite element method and the multigrid method is used to solve the corresponding linear equations. Adaptivity is applied to resolve the steep gradients in the solution.

Citation KeySC.4.Lines.2003