Registration and fusion of segmented left atrium CT images with CARTO electrical maps for the ablative treatment of atrial fibrillation

Computers in Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2004, Pages 345-348

  Nollo, G ^a   Cristoforetti, A ^a   Faes, L ^a   Centonze, M ^b   Del Greco, M ^b   Antolini, R ^a   Ravelli, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

ELECTRICAL MAPS; LEFT ATRIUM (LA); PULMONARY VEINS (PV);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 26244457956     PISSN: 02766574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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