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AFiT - Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Planning Tool [article]

Alexander B. Brost, Felix Bourier, Andreas Kleinoeder, Jens Raab, Martin Koch, Marc Stamminger, Joachim Hornegger, Norbert Strobel, Klaus Kurzidim
2011 International Symposium on Vision, Modeling, and Visualization  

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The planning of cryo-balloon ablations for treatment of atrial fibrillation is a crucial task for a physician as he has to determine which size of the balloon catheter is required for isolation at each pulmonary vein. Today, the diameter of the pulmonary vein's ostium is measured in a pre-operative data set to determine which type of catheter is most appropriate. We present a novel tool that visualizes a cryo-balloon catheter model within a 3-D model representing a segmented left atrium. Using
more » ... his approach, physicians are able to better assess the catheter fit. So far, measurement of the pulmonary vein diameters have been performed by evaluation of 2-D slices taken from pre-operative data sets. The first feedback obtained by physicians was very encouraging as this tool offers better insights for balloon catheter ablation procedures.
doi:10.2312/pe/vmv/vmv11/223-230 dblp:conf/vmv/BrostBKRKSHSK11 fatcat:rp7zvgiiizh2hpbdl6a5udq4z4
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Alexander B. Brost, Felix Bourier, Andreas Kleinoeder, Jens Raab, Martin Koch, Marc Stamminger, Joachim Hornegger, Norbert Strobel, Klaus Kurzidim. "AFiT - Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Planning Tool." International Symposium on Vision, Modeling, and Visualization (2011) and Visualization (2011)