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The problem of determining the point on the heart surface (projection) nearest to the arrhythmogenic focus, which is located inside the heart, is considered. Localization of this point is crucial for a successful cardiac ablation procedure. The sought projection is calculated on the basis of solving the inverse electrocardiography problem, which is a generalization of the Cauchy problem for the Laplace equation. The inverse electrocardiography problem is solved by the boundary integral equation and Tikhonov regularization methods. Examples of test computations are demonstrated, and the results of processing real electrophysiological data are presented and compared with the medical observation data.
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Original Russian Text © A.M. Denisov, E.V. Zakharov, A.V. Kalinin, 2012, published in Matematicheskoe Modelirovanie, 2012, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 22–30.
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Denisov, A.M., Zakharov, E.V. & Kalinin, A.V. Method for determining the projection of an arrhythmogenic focus on the heart surface, based on solving the inverse electrocardiography problem. Math Models Comput Simul 4, 535–540 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S207004821206004X
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