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

Matthew Jolley, Jeroen Stinstra, David Weinstein, Steve Pieper, R. San Jose Estepar, G. Kindlmann, Rob MacLeod, Dana H. Brooks, John K. Triedman
Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart
Volume 4466, Pages 373-382
2007

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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.

Reference

Jolley M, Stinstra J, Weinstein D, Pieper S, Estepar RSJ, Kindlmann G, MacLeod R, Brooks DH, Triedman JK. Open-source environment for interactive finite element modeling of optimal icd electrode placement. In Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, volume 4466 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer, 2007;373-382.

Bibtex entry

@InProceedings{jolleyFIMH07,
  author         = {Matthew Jolley and Jeroen Stinstra and David Weinstein and 
                   Steve Pieper and Raul San Jose Estepar and Gordon Kindlmann 
                   and Rob MacLeod and Dana H. Brooks and John K. Triedman},   
  title          = {Open-Source Environment for Interactive Finite Element     
                   Modeling of Optimal ICD Electrode Placement},               
  booktitle      = {Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart},             
  year           = {2007},                                                     
  volume         = {4466},                                                     
  pages          = {373--382},                                                 
  series         = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},                        
  publisher      = {Springer}
}