Acquiring multiview C-arm images to assist cardiac ablation procedures
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Abstract
CARTO XPis an electroanatomical cardiac mapping system that provides 3D color-coded maps of the electrical activity of the heart; however it is expensive and it can only use a single costly magnetic catheter for each patient intervention. Our approach consists of integrating fluoroscopic and electrical data from the RF catheters into the same image so as to better guide RF ablation, shorten the duration of this procedure, increase its efficacy, and decrease hospital cost when compared to CARTO XP. We propose a method that relies on multi-view C-arm fluoroscopy image acquisition for (1) the 3D reconstruction of the anatomical structure of interest, (2) the robust temporal tracking of the tip-electrode of a mapping catheter between the diastolic and systolic phases and (3) the 2D/3D registration of color coded isochronal maps directly on the 2D fluoroscopy image that would help the clinician guide the ablation procedure much more effectively. The method has been tested on canine experimental data.
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Published: 01 January 2010
Accepted: 14 December 2009
Received: 31 July 2009
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