Estimating strain on tissue using 4D ultrasound catheter

    公开(公告)号:US12016728B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-25

    申请号:US17357267

    申请日:2021-06-24

    摘要: A medical system includes an ultrasound probe configured for insertion into an organ of a body, and a processor. The probe includes a two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound transducer array, and a sensor configured to output signals indicative of a position, direction and orientation of the 2D ultrasound transducer array inside the organ. The processor is configured to (a) using the signals output by the sensor, register multiple ultrasound images of a tissue region, acquired over a given time duration by the 2D ultrasound transducer array, with one another, (b) estimate, based on the ultrasound images acquired over the given time duration, three-dimensional displacements as a function of time for one or more locations in the tissue region, (c) estimate respective mechanical strains of the one or more locations in the tissue region, based on the three-dimensional displacements, and (d) present a time-dependent rendering of the mechanical strains to a user.

    IDENTIFYING FOCAL SOURCES OF ARRHYTHMIA WITH MULTI ELECTRODE CATHETER

    公开(公告)号:US20240197234A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-20

    申请号:US18081756

    申请日:2022-12-15

    发明人: Assaf Govari

    摘要: A system for computing an electro-anatomical (EA) map of signals from tissue inside a chamber of a patient's includes a processor and a display. The processor receives electro-physiological (EP) signals from a plurality of electrodes on a distal end assembly of a catheter placed in the chamber, selects a contiguous sub-group of the plurality of electrodes and applies a consistency test to the EP signals acquired by the contiguous sub-group to determine if the EP signals from the sub-group of the electrodes display a common cycle length. When the consistency test is successful, the processor identifies a region in the chamber from which the EP signals have been acquired. The display renders an electro-anatomical (EA) map of the chamber and provides indicating on the rendered display of the region.