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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2007
Raymond Chan, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Manzke, Cambridge, MA (US);
Zachary John Malchano, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vivek Reddy, Boston, MA (US);
Raymond Chan, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Manzke, Cambridge, MA (US);
Zachary John Malchano, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vivek Reddy, Boston, MA (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for identifying a structure in a volume of interest is provided. The method comprises acquiring a plurality of points related to the structure in a continuous mode, and subsequently registering at least one of the points to a previously acquired imaging dataset of the structure. An apparatus, system and a computer-readable medium are also provided. The present invention provides faster acquisition of EAM points by modifying the mapping system so that catheter tip locations are automatically and continuously recorded without requiring explicit navigation to and annotation of fiducial landmarks on the endocardium.