Precise segmentation of the left atrium in C-arm CT volumes with applications to atrial fibrillation ablation

Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1421-1424

  Zheng, Yefeng ^a   John, Matthias ^b   Boese, Jan ^b   Comaniciu, Dorin ^a  

^a SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial Fibrillation Ablation; C arm CT; Left Atrium Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; C-ARM CT; CT VOLUME; FLUOROSCOPIC IMAGES; IMAGE BOUNDARIES; IMAGING ARTIFACTS; INTRA-OPERATIVE; LEFT ATRIUMS; PULMONARY VEINS; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; VISUAL GUIDANCE;

ABLATION; DISEASES; MEDICAL IMAGING;

ROBOTIC ARMS;

EID: 84864829558     PISSN: 19457928     EISSN: 19458452     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2012.6235835     Document Type: Conference Paper

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