Is single-view fluoroscopy sufficient in guiding cardiac ablation procedures?

International Journal of Biomedical Imaging

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Fallavollita, Pascal ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC ABLATION; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL CONDITIONS; COLOR-CODED MAPS; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE HEART; FLUOROSCOPIC NAVIGATION; GEOMETRICAL DATA; PATTERN RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES; PHANTOM EXPERIMENT; RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION; REAL-TIME DATA; SINGLE IMAGES; STANDARD ERRORS;

ABLATION; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; HEART; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CATHETERS;

EID: 77951461991     PISSN: 16874188     EISSN: 16874196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/631264     Document Type: Article

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