Abstract
One of the fundamental problems of theoretical electrocardiology is to determine the potential distribution on the surface of the torso due to the time-varying dipolar heart source. In this paper we present a rigorous derivation of the integro-differential equations for the potential, containing, for the first time, the effects of the time dependence of the source and the dielectric properties of the medium. These equations provide a general and rigorous basis from which to attack the problem numerically on a computer and permit the use of a detailed model of the thorax as a multiple region volume of different dielectric and conducting properties.
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