[Surface integral maps, their characteristics and methods of quantitative analysis].

Abstract

Integral maps (IM) enable considerable reduction of measured data with preservation of all characteristics of electric field of the heart with exception of the time sequence of activation. Review article offers a definition of the term IM and explains the mode of their construction, depiction and analysis as well as the principles of derivation and variation maps. A review of qualitative and quantitative parameters used in analysis of IM in humans is given. There are also mentioned modes of comparison of IM from simple, directly readable parameters to complicated mathematical and statistical methods of processing.