Title :
Display of activation fronts on a 3D reconstruction of the left atrium of a dog heart
Author :
Linnenbank, André C. ; Snel, Jeroen G. ; Hocini, Meleze ; Potse, Mark ; de Bakker, J.M.T. ; Grimbergen, Cornelis A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Med. Phys., Amsterdam Univ., Netherlands
fDate :
29 Oct-1 Nov 1998
Abstract :
A 3D reconstruction of a 197-lead multiterminal electrode in the shape of the left atrial cavity of a dog heart was made using a CT scan and software was designed to interactively determine local activation times and display these onto a 3D representation of the multiterminal electrode
Keywords :
biomedical electrodes; data visualisation; electrocardiography; medical signal processing; mesh generation; signal reconstruction; signal representation; 3D reconstruction; 3D representation; CT scan; Delaunay triangulation; ECG analysis; atrial fibrillation; deformable triangulation model; display of activation fronts; dog heart; left atrium; local activation times; multiterminal electrode; pulmonary veins role; triangular mesh; volume preserved averaging; Atrial fibrillation; Biomedical electrodes; Cardiology; Computed tomography; Heart; Physics; Shape; Three dimensional displays; Veins; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1998. Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5164-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1998.745830
