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Open-Source Environment for Interactive Finite Element Modeling of Optimal ICD Electrode Placement

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Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart (FIMH 2007)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNIP,volume 4466))

Abstract

Placement of Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD) leads in children and some adults is challenging due to anatomical factors. As a result, novel ad hoc non-transvenous implant techniques have been employed clinically. We describe an open-source subject-specific, image-based finite element modeling software environment whose long term goal is determining optimal electrode placement in special populations of adults and children Segmented image-based finite element models of two children and one adult were created from CT scans and appropriate tissue conductivities were assigned. The environment incorporates an interactive electrode placement system with a library of clinically-based, user-configurable electrodes. Finite element models are created from the electrode poses within the torsos and the resulting electric fields, current, and voltages computed and visualized.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA,  

    Matthew Jolley & John K. Triedman

  2. Surgical Planning Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA,  

    Steve Pieper, Raul San Jose Estepar & Gordon Kindlmann

  3. Scientific Computing Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT,  

    Jeroen Stinstra, David Weinstein & Rob MacLeod

  4. Department of Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, John K. Triedman, MD, Children’s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave. Boston, MA 02115,  

    Dana H. Brooks

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Jolley, M. et al. (2007). Open-Source Environment for Interactive Finite Element Modeling of Optimal ICD Electrode Placement. In: Sachse, F.B., Seemann, G. (eds) Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart. FIMH 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4466. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72907-5_38

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