Spatiotemporal Activation Time Estimation Improves Noninvasive Localization of Cardiac Electrical Activity

Matthijs Cluitmans*, Jaume Coll-Font, Dana Brooks, Burak Erem, Pietro Bonizzi, Joël Karel, Paul Volders, Ralf Peeters, Ronald Westra

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Abstract

Electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) reconstructs epicardial potentials and electrograms from body-surface electrocardiograms and a torso-heart geometry. For clinical purposes, local activation and recovery times are often more useful than epicardial electrograms. However, noise and fractionation can affect estimation of activation and recovery times from reconstructed electrograms. Here, we employ a method for activation and recovery time estimation that detects the simultaneous presence of spatial and temporal features associated with a passing wavefront and evaluate this in a series of canine experiments. We show that estimation of activation times is more accurate when this spatiotemporal approach is used, however, recovery times are best determined with a temporal-only approach. Additional spatial smoothing further benefits activation and recovery time estimation in all cases. This results in a median beat origin localization error of only one centimeter, which could expedite catheter-based diagnostic evaluation and ablation in clinical settings.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputing in Cardiology
Place of PublicationVancouver, Canada
PublisherIEEE
Pages1185-1188
Number of pages4
Volume43
ISBN (Print)9781509008957
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2016
Event43rd Computing in Cardiology Conference (CinC) - Vancouver, Canada
Duration: 11 Sept 201614 Sept 2016
http://www.cinc2016.org/

Publication series

SeriesComputing in Cardiology Conference
Volume43
ISSN2325-8861

Conference

Conference43rd Computing in Cardiology Conference (CinC)
Abbreviated title CinC 2016
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVancouver
Period11/09/1614/09/16
Internet address

Keywords

  • REGULARIZATION

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