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Real-Time Cardiac Mapping with a Noninvasive Imageless Electrocardiographic Imaging System
Published on: April 11, 2025
ECG mapping and imaging of cardiac electrical function
Michael Seger1, Bernhard Tilg, Robert Modre-Osprian
1Institute for Medical Signal Processing and Imaging University for Health Informatics and Technology Tyrol (UMIT).
Abstract:
Inverse electrocardiography has been developed for several years. By coupling electrocardiographic mapping and 3D-time anatomical data, the electrical excitation sequence can be imaged completely non-invasively in the human heart. In this study, a bidomain theory based surface heart model activation time imaging approach was applied to single beat data of atrial and ventricular depolarization. For sinus and paced rhythms, the sites of early activation and the areas with late activation were estimated with sufficient accuracy. In particular for focal arrhythmias, this model-based imaging approach might allow the guidance and evaluation of antiarrhythmic interventions, for instance, in case of catheter ablation or drug therapy.
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