Real time assessment of RF cardiac tissue ablation with optical spectroscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 15286-15296

  Demos, Stavros G ^a,b   Sharareh, Shiva ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Biosense Webster Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; TISSUE;

ABLATION CATHETERS; CARDIAC TISSUES; LESION FORMATION; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; REAL-TIME ASSESSMENT; RECEIVING FIBERS; REFLECTED LIGHT; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ABLATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMANS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 51849116456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.015286     Document Type: Article

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