Fusion of multislice computed tomography and electroanatomical mapping data for 3D navigation of left and right atrial catheter ablation

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 456-464

  Feuchtner, Gudrun M ^a   Dichtl, Wolfgang ^a   DeFrance, Tony ^b   Stühlinger, Markus ^a   Klauser, Andrea ^a   Berger, Thomas ^a   Junker, Daniel ^a   Spuller, Karin ^a   Pachinger, Otmar ^a   Nedden, Dieter zur ^a   Hintringer, Florian ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b CVCTA Education   (United States)

Author keywords

3D navigation; Image fusion; Left atrial catheter ablation; Multislice computed tomography; Non fluoroscopic electroanatomical mapping; Right atrial isthmus ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CATHETERS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFORMAL MAPPING; DATA FUSION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; FUSION REACTIONS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; NAVIGATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

3D NAVIGATION; LEFT ATRIAL CATHETER ABLATION; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON-FLUOROSCOPIC ELECTROANATOMICAL MAPPING; RIGHT ATRIAL ISTHMUS ABLATION;

IMAGE FUSION;

IODIXANOL; IOMEPROL;

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROANATOMICAL MAPPING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TECHNIQUE; THERMAL INJURY; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56349121303     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.08.031     Document Type: Article

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