A 3-D computer simulation study of body surface Laplacian maps during ventricular activation

Author

Ono, Kohei ; He, Bin ; Yin, John Z. ; Cohen, Richard J.

Author_Institution

Div. of Health Sci. & Technol., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

3-6 Nov 1994

Firstpage

149

Abstract

The goal of this study was to evaluate the spatial resolution of body surface Laplacian maps (BSLMs) to localize ventricular electrical activity on the anterior wall of the heart by means of computer simulation. A 3-D computer heart-torso model was used to simulate cardiac electrical activity, BSLMs and body surface potential maps (BSPMs). A two site pacing protocol was used to generate two simultaneous myocardial events on the anterior epicardial wall, and on the anterior endocardial wall. The BSLM showed better performance as compared with the BSPM for localizing initial ventricular activation following two site pacing. The present study suggests that body surface Laplacian mapping merits further investigation to explore its application to the clinical diagnosis of cardiac abnormalities

Keywords

digital simulation; electrocardiography; medical diagnostic computing; physiological models; surface potential; 3D computer heart-torso model; 3D computer simulation study; anterior epicardial wall; body surface Laplacian maps; cardiac abnormalities; clinical diagnosis; two site pacing protocol; ventricular activation; ventricular electrical activity localization; Clinical diagnosis; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Heart; Helium; Image resolution; Laplace equations; Myocardium; Protocols; Spatial resolution; Torso;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1994. Engineering Advances: New Opportunities for Biomedical Engineers. Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2050-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1994.411792

Filename

411792