Ultrasound Current Source Density Imaging using a clinical intracardiac catheter

摘要

Radiofrequency catheter ablation for treatment of cardiac arrhythmia requires pre-surgical mapping of the heart''s activation wave. However, modern cardiac mapping systems continue to suffer from significant limitations. We have proposed Ultrasound Current Source Density Imaging (UCSDI) as a new modality to map reentry currents in the heart. In this study, we focus on interfacing UCSDI with a clinical intra-cardiac catheter—a key step towards translating UCSDI to the clinic for guiding cardiac ablation therapy. Sensitivity of UCSDI combined with the catheter was tested in a tissue mimicking phantom and fresh excised porcine hear tissue. Effect of the recoding distance on the detection of UCSDI was also investigated. Sensitivity of UCSDI with catheter was 4.7 µV/mA (R