Title :
Three-dimensional visualization of epifluorescent electrodynamics
Author :
Bray, Mark-Anthony ; Lin, Shien-Fong ; Wikswo, John P., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
Abstract :
Fluorescence imaging of transmembrane potentials is used to observe cardiac activation during fibrillation and defibrillation, but spatial visualization is limited by current techniques. The authors have developed a panoramic cardiac visualization algorithm which reconstructs the geometry of the heart using the fluorescence information as a texture map. This system permits measurement of epicardial electrodynamics over a geometrically realistic representation of the actual heart being studied
Keywords :
bioelectric potentials; biological techniques; biomembranes; cardiology; fluorescence; image reconstruction; image texture; optical images; defibrillation; epifluorescent electrodynamics; fibrillation; geometrically realistic representation; heart geometry reconstruction; panoramic cardiac visualization algorithm; spatial visualization; texture map; three-dimensional visualization; transmembrane potentials; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical measurements; Defibrillation; Electrodynamics; Fluorescence; Heart; Image reconstruction; Information geometry; Optical imaging; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.802353
