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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2022

Automatic 3D Surface Reconstruction of the Left Atrium From Clinically Mapped Point Clouds Using Convolutional Neural Networks.

Zhaohan Xiong, Martin K Stiles, Yan Yao, Rui Shi, Aaqel Nalar, Josh Hawson, Geoffrey Lee, Jichao Zhao

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. 3D cardiac shape analysis with variational point cloud autoencoders for myocardial infarction prediction and virtual heart synthesis.Computerized medical imaging and graphics : the official journal of the Computerized Medical Imaging Society · 2025
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  3. Neural network reconstruction of the left atrium using sparse catheter paths.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2025
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Zhaohan XiongAuckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Martin K StilesWaikato Clinical School, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Yan YaoFuwai Hospital, Beijing, China.
Rui ShiFuwai Hospital, Beijing, China.
Aaqel NalarAuckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Josh HawsonRoyal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Geoffrey LeeRoyal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Jichao ZhaoAuckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
University of Auckland · NZThe Royal Melbourne Hospital · AUChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNClinical Trials New Zealand · NZFu Wai Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Point clouds are a widely used format for storing information in a memory-efficient and easily manipulatable representation. However, research in the application of point cloud mapping and subsequent organ reconstruction with deep learning, is limited. In particular, current methods for left atrium (LA) visualization using point clouds recorded from clinical mapping during cardiac ablation are proprietary and remain difficult to validate. Many clinics rely on additional imaging such as MRIs/CTs to improve the accuracy of LA mapping. In this study, for the first time, we proposed a novel deep learning framework for the automatic 3D surface reconstruction of the LA directly from point clouds acquired

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3D surface reconstructionconvolutional neural networkleft atriumpoint cloudsparse data

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PMID35574484
PMCPMC9092219
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