Personalized modeling of cardiac electrophysiology using shape-based prediction of fiber orientation

Karim Lekadir, Ali Pashaei, Corné Hoogendoorn, Marco Pereanez, Xènia Albà, Alejandro F. Frangi

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Abstract

Fibers play an important role in electrophysiological (EP) simulations as they determine the shape and directions of the electrical waves traveling throughout the myocardium. Due to the limited unavailability of in vivo images of the fiber structure, computational modeling of electrophysiology has been performed thus far mostly using the well-known rule-based Streeter model. The aim of this paper is to present an EP simulation study based on a statistics-based fiber model. With this approach, the missing subject-specific fiber model is predicted directly from the available shape information based on a predictive model constructed from a training sample of ex vivo DTI images. Experiments are carried out based on a database of canine datasets (including normal and abnormal cases), by considering the DTI-, the Streeter-, and the statistics-based fiber models. The results show that the shape-based predicted fiber models improve significantly the estimation accuracy of the electrical activation times and patterns, from average errors of about 10% to 1%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStatistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart
Subtitle of host publicationImaging and Modelling Challenges - 4th International Workshop, STACOM 2013, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2013, Revised Selected Papers
PublisherSpringer-Verlag Italia
Pages196-203
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783642542671
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event4th International Workshop on Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart: Imaging and Modelling Challenges, STACOM 2013, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2013 - Nagoya, Japan
Duration: 26 Sept 201326 Sept 2013

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume8330 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference4th International Workshop on Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart: Imaging and Modelling Challenges, STACOM 2013, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2013
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityNagoya
Period26/09/1326/09/13

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