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ECG-Based Reconstruction of Heart Position and Orientation with Bayesian Optimization.
Jaume Coll-Font1, Setareh Ariafar1, Dana H Brooks1
1SPIRAL Group, ECE Dept. Northeastern University, Boston (MA), USA.
Computing in Cardiology
|June 23, 2018
Summary
Respiratory motion causes ECG variations, enabling heart tracking for improved Electrocardiographic Imaging (ECGI). This method reconstructs cardiac position and orientation, reducing ECGI errors caused by heart movement.
Area of Science:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Computational Biology
- Medical Imaging
Background:
- Respiratory motion introduces beat-to-beat variability in electrocardiograms (ECGs).
- This variability is a significant source of error in Electrocardiographic Imaging (ECGI) solutions.
- ECGI relies on forward models, but their inaccuracies, exacerbated by heart motion, lead to substantial errors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a method for reconstructing cardiac position and orientation using ECG data.
- To reduce errors in ECGI by accounting for respiratory motion.
- To validate a novel approach for heart motion tracking.
Main Methods:
- Utilized Bayesian Optimization to optimize cardiac position and orientation.
- Minimized the discrepancy between measured and forward-computed torso potentials.
- Evaluated the method using synthesized torso potentials and tank experiment data.
Main Results:
- The developed method accurately reconstructed cardiac position and orientation in synthetic experiments.
- The approach successfully accounted for a portion of the error in tank experiment ECGs.
- Demonstrated the feasibility of using ECG variations for heart motion tracking.
Conclusions:
- Reconstructing cardiac position and orientation from ECGs is feasible.
- This method offers a potential solution to reduce ECGI errors caused by respiratory motion.
- The findings represent a significant step towards more accurate ECGI.
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