Title :
Construction of Patient Specific Geometries Suitable for the Inverse Problem of Electrocardiography
Author :
Cheng, L.K. ; Sands, G.B. ; Pullan, A.J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Bioengineering, Auckland Univ.
Abstract :
The ability to accurately construct a geometric representation of the heart and torso is a critical component for electrocardiographic inverse algorithms. Typically geometric models have been constructed using data acquired from imaging modalities such as MRI and CT. We propose a system where the torso surface geometry is obtained using a laser scanning device and the heart geometry is obtained using three-dimensional ultrasound
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; biomedical ultrasonics; electrocardiography; inverse problems; laser applications in medicine; electrocardiography; geometric representation; heart geometry; inverse problem; laser scanning device; patient specific geometries; three-dimensional ultrasound; torso surface geometry; Computed tomography; Electrocardiography; Geometrical optics; Geometry; Heart; Inverse problems; Magnetic resonance imaging; Solid modeling; Torso; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616170