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ArticleProceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems2017

Simulation of Spiral Waves and Point Sources in Atrial Fibrillation with Application to Rotor Localization.

Prasanth Ganesan, Kristina E Shillieto, Behnaz Ghoraani

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Article in Proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Prasanth GanesanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida.
Kristina E ShillietoRochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NewYork.
Behnaz GhoraaniDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida.

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Catheter Guidance Algorithm for Identification of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation TargetsR15HL127663 · NHLBI · ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI GHORAANI, BEHNAZ · 2015 to 2015
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NHLBI NIH HHS R15 HL127663
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Abstract

Cardiac simulations play an important role in studies involving understanding and investigating the mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias. Today, studies of arrhythmogenesis and maintenance are largely being performed by creating simulations of a particular arrhythmia with high accuracy comparable to the results of clinical experiments. Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common arrhythmia in the United States and many other parts of the world, is one of the major field where simulation and modeling is largely used. AF simulations not only assist in understanding its mechanisms but also help to develop, evaluate and improve the computer algorithms used in electrophysiology (EP) systems for ablation therapies. In this paper, we begin with a brief overeview of some common techniques used in simulations to simulate two major AF mechanisms - spiral waves (or rotors) and point (or focal) sources. We particularly focus on 2D simulations using Nygren

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atrial fibrillationbayesian filteringfocal sourcesnumerical simulationrotor localizationspiral waves

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PMID29629398
PMCPMC5886720

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