Post-procedural evaluation of catheter contact force characteristics

Koch M, Brost A, Kiraly AP, Strobel N, Hornegger J (2012)

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2012

Journal

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Original Authors: Koch M., Brost A., Kiraly A., Strobel N., Hornegger J.

Book Volume: 8315

Pages Range: -

Event location: San Diego, CA

Journal Issue: null

DOI: 10.1117/12.912315

Abstract

Minimally invasive catheter ablation of electric foci, performed in electrophysiology labs, is an attractive treatment option for atrial fibrillation (AF)-in particular if drug therapy is no longer effective or tolerated. There are different strategies to eliminate the electric foci inducing the arrhythmia. Independent of the particular strategy, it is essential to place transmural lesions. The impact of catheter contact force on the generated lesion quality has been investigated recently, and first results are promising. There are different approaches to measure catheter-tissue contact. Besides traditional haptic feedback, there are new technologies either relying on catheter tip-to-tissue contact force or on local impedance measurements at the tip of the catheter. In this paper, we present a novel tool for post-procedural ablation point evaluation and visualization of contact force characteristics. Our method is based on localizing ablation points set during AF ablation procedures. The 3-D point positions are stored together with lesion specific catheter contact force (CF) values recorded during the ablation. The force records are mapped to the spatial 3-D positions, where the energy has been applied. The tracked positions of the ablation points can be further used to generate a 3-D mesh model of the left atrium (LA). Since our approach facilitates visualization of different force characteristics for post-procedural evaluation and verification, it has the potential to improve outcome by highlighting areas where lesion quality may be less than desired. © 2012 SPIE.

Authors with CRIS profile

Martin Koch Lehrstuhl für Informatik 14 (Bild- und Sprachverarbeitung) Alexander Brost Lehrstuhl für Informatik 14 (Bild- und Sprachverarbeitung) Joachim Hornegger Lehrstuhl für Informatik 14 (Bild- und Sprachverarbeitung)

Involved external institutions

Siemens AG, Healthcare Sector DE Germany (DE) Siemens Corporate Research US United States (USA) (US)

How to cite

APA:

Koch, M., Brost, A., Kiraly, A.P., Strobel, N., & Hornegger, J. (2012). Post-procedural evaluation of catheter contact force characteristics. In Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2012: Computer-Aided Diagnosis (pp. -). San Diego, CA.

MLA:

Koch, Martin, et al. "Post-procedural evaluation of catheter contact force characteristics." Proceedings of the Medical Imaging 2012: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, San Diego, CA 2012. -.

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