Left atrium pulmonary veins: segmentation and quantification for planning atrial fibrillation ablation

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7261, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Karima, R ^a   Mohiaddin, R ^b   Rueckert, D ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac procedures; Image guided therapy; Segmentation; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PROCEDURES; CENTERLINES; DATA SETS; DIAMETER MEASUREMENT; IMAGE-GUIDED THERAPY; LEFT ATRIUMS; PATIENT DATASETS; PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT; PULMONARY VEINS; QUANTITATIVE VALIDATION; RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION; SEGMENTATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VESSEL DETECTION;

ABLATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 67149104208     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.812509     Document Type: Conference Paper

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