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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.0 20120330//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" article-type="research-article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">INFORMATICA</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Informatica</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">0868-4952</issn><issn pub-type="ppub">0868-4952</issn><publisher><publisher-name>VU</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">INF9308</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3233/INF-1998-9308</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Modeling of Electric Stimulation in a Three-Dimensional Isotropic Bidomain RC-Medium: a Rectangular Current Stimulus Case</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="Author"><name><surname>Veteikis</surname><given-names>Romualdas</given-names></name><email xlink:href="mailto:biof@kma.lt">biof@kma.lt</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFORMATICA_aff_000"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="Author"><name><surname>Kriščiukaitis</surname><given-names>Algimantas</given-names></name><email xlink:href="mailto:akri@kma.lt">akri@kma.lt</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFORMATICA_aff_000"/></contrib><aff id="j_INFORMATICA_aff_000">Kaunas Medical University, Institute for Biomedical Researches, Eivenių 4, LT-3007 Kaunas</aff></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>01</day><month>01</month><year>1998</year></pub-date><volume>9</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>387</fpage><lpage>395</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>01</day><month>01</month><year>1998</year></date></history><abstract><p>Laplace equations were used for modeling of electrotonic potential in three-dimensional isotropic double-space RC medium. Solutions of Laplace equations for the case of rectangular current pulse stimulation using spherical electrode we obtain using Laplace transforms in imaginary space. Solutions in original space we got using numerical invert Laplace transform. It showed that the rising front of the transmembrane potential becomes less steep in regard to rising radius of the stimulating electrode and asymptotically reaches single-dimensional cable case (evenly distributed RC-circuit). The steady state value of transmembrane potential decreases with the increasing distance from stimulating electrode. It remains always positive when stimulus current is negative.</p></abstract><kwd-group><label>Keywords</label><kwd>RC-model</kwd><kwd>electrical stimulation</kwd><kwd>transmembrane potential</kwd><kwd>Laplace equations</kwd><kwd>passive electrical properties of the tissue</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>