title: "Virtual touch": an efficient registration method for catheter navigation in left atrium.
abstract: In this paper, we present a left atrium registration system which utilizes a 3D intra-cardiac ultrasound catheter for faster (more than 700 times) and higher quality surface registration point collection than current systems and eventually improves the registration accuracy and stability. With better registration our system can greatly improve the ablation catheter navigation system which is being used in many hospitals to guide left atrium endocardium ablation procedure.
authors.affiliation: Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanade
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schwartzman
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014110:Touch; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods