Activation time imaging in the presence of myocardial ischemia: Choice of initial estimates for iterative solvers
Activation time imaging in the presence of myocardial ischemia: Choice of initial estimates for iterative solvers
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心肌缺血时的激活时间成像:迭代求解器初始估计的选择
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2012
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O. Dossel
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W. Schulze;D. Potyagaylo;O. Dossel
In this work, a simulation study is performed that demonstrates how activation times of cardiac action potentials can be reconstructed from body surface potential maps (BSPMs). An extrasystole is simulated in the ventricles, which are affected by myocardial ischemia or necrosis, and the related BSPM is calculated. Initial estimates are required for iterative algorithms that solve the related non-linear reconstruction problem. As a good initial estimate is essential for a proper reconstruction, the robustness of two methods is tested against the influence of pathological conditions: the critical times method and a linear timeintegral based method. While the first method extrapolates activation times into inactive tissue in this study, the latter carves out ischemic or necrotic tissue as homogeneous regions. In an outlook, a concept for the combination of both methods is proposed.