Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1990-10-26
1992-09-15
Kamm, William E.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
A61B 504
Patent
active
051469260
ABSTRACT:
An array of electrodes is applied to an internal or external surface of a biological system such as a human being. The electrodes generate signals which are processed to compute a surface differential of the surface potential at a multiplicity of spatial locations within a given time epoch. The signal processing is repeated for multiple sequential time epochs and an image is constructed from the surface differential of the surface potential for each time epoch. Thereafter, the sequential images corresponding to sequential time epochs are displayed. The two-dimensional image changes as the distribution of bioelectric sources evolves so as to provide a motion picture of electrical activity.
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Kamm William E.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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