Abstract
Over the last few years, the use of cardiac mapping for effective diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias has increased significantly. In the clinical environment, electroanatomical mapping (EAM) is performed during the electrophysiological procedures using proprietary systems such as CARTO, EnSite Precision, RHYTHMIA, etc. These systems generate the 3D model of patient-specific atria with the electrical activity (i.e., intracardiac electrograms (iEGMs)) displayed on it, for further identification of the sources of arrhythmia and for guiding cardiac ablation therapy. Recently, several novel techniques were developed to perform iEGMs analysis to more accurately identify the arrhythmogenic sites. However, there is a difficulty in incorporating the results of iEGMs analysis back to EAM systems due to their proprietary constraints. This created a hurdle in the further development of novel techniques to help navigate patient-specific clinical ablation therapy. Thus, we developed an open source software, VIEgram1, that allows researchers to visualize the results of the various iEGMs analysis on a patient-specific 3D atria model. It eliminates the dependency of the academic environment on the proprietary EAM systems, thereby making the process of retrospective mapping extremely convenient and time efficient. Here, we demonstrate the features of VIEgram such as visual inspection of iEGMs, flexibility in implementing custom iEGMs analysis techniques and interpolation schemes, and spatial analysis.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | 42nd Annual International Conferences of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society |
Subtitle of host publication | Enabling Innovative Technologies for Global Healthcare, EMBC 2020 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 2606-2609 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781728119908 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2020 |
Event | 42nd Annual International Conferences of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2020 - Montreal, Canada Duration: Jul 20 2020 → Jul 24 2020 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS |
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Volume | 2020-July |
ISSN (Print) | 1557-170X |
Conference
Conference | 42nd Annual International Conferences of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2020 |
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Country/Territory | Canada |
City | Montreal |
Period | 7/20/20 → 7/24/20 |
Bibliographical note
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