Creation of a Realistic Endocardial Stimulation Profile for the Visible Man Dataset

摘要

For simulations of the ventricular activation sequence it is important to have a realistic model of the excitation conduction system. In this work, we use a previously developed method to create a physiological endocardial stimulation profile for the Visible Man dataset that imitates the role of the excitation conduction system. We evaluate different configurations of the endocardial stimulation profile by checking forward calculated ECG features against literature standard values. Additionally, isochrone maps of selected stimulation profile configurations were compared to measured isochrone maps from Durrer et al. A stimulation profile that included Durrer's sites of early endocardial activation showed the most realistic results.