Method for guiding the ablation catheter to the ablation site: A simulation and experimental study

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-278

  Fukuoka, Yutaka ^a   Oostendorp, Thom F ^b   Armoundas, Antonis A ^c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Body surface potentials; Cardiac arrhythmias; Catheter guiding; Equivalent dipole

Indexed keywords

BODY SURFACE POTENTIALS; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS; COMPUTER ALGORITHMS; CURRENT PULSE; EQUIVALENT DIPOLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; LEFT VENTRICLES; RADIO-FREQUENCY CATHETER ABLATIONS; SCAR TISSUES; TARGET SITES; VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS; VOLUME CONDUCTORS;

ALGORITHMS; CATHETERS; SURFACE POTENTIAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TARGETS;

ABLATION;

ALGORITHMS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 62149133486     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-009-0441-4     Document Type: Article

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