IP Library Granted Patent US 10,713,791
Granted Patent B2
US 10,713,791 · App. 16/785,527 · Granted Jul 14, 2020

Computational simulations of anatomical structures and body surface electrode positioning

Inventors: David Krummen (Oakland, CA); Christopher Villongco (Carlsbad, CA)
Assignees: The Regents of the University of California; Vektor Medical, Inc.
G06T7/0016A61B5/0402A61B5/055G16H30/40G16H50/20G06T2200/04G06T2207/30004
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Patent No.
US 10,713,791
App. No.
16/785,527
Granted
Jul 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method may include identifying a simulated three-dimensional representation corresponding to an internal anatomy of a subject based on a match between a computed two-dimensional image corresponding to the simulated three-dimensional representation and a two-dimensional image depicting the internal anatomy of the subject. Simulations of the electrical activities measured by a recording device with standard lead placement and nonstandard lead placement may be computed based on the simulated three-dimensional representation. A clinical electrogram and/or a clinical vectorgram for the subject may be corrected based on a difference between the simulations of electrical activities to account for deviations arising from patient-specific lead placement as well as variations in subject anatomy and pathophysiology.

Claims (42)

1. A system, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including program code which when executed by the at least one processor provides operations comprising:

identifying a three-dimensional representation of at least a portion of an anatomy of a subject including a target organ;

identifying a non-standard lead placement of one or more electrogram leads on a body of the subject;

generating, based at least on the three-dimensional representation, one or more simulated electrical activations of the target organ;

generating, based at least on the one or more simulated electrical activations, a non-standard electrogram associated with the non-standard lead placement of the one or more electrogram leads on the body of the subject;

generating, based at least on the one or more simulated electrical activations, a standard electrogram associated with a standard lead placement of the one or more electrogram leads on the body of the subject; and

correcting, based at least on a difference between the nonstandard electrogram and the standard electrogram, an actual electrogram generated for the subject using the non-standard lead placement.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the standard electrogram, the nonstandard electrogram, and the actual electrogram comprise electrocardiograms, electroencephalograms, or vectorcardiograms.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the correcting includes generating a transformation matrix to transform the nonstandard electrogram to the standard electrogram and applying the transformation matrix to the actual electrogram.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the identifying of the three-dimensional representation includes comparing a two-dimensional image of the portion of the anatomy of the subject to one or more two-dimensional images included in a library mapping the one or more two-dimensional images to one or more corresponding three-dimensional representations.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the nonstandard lead placement is identified based at least on an analysis of a two-dimensional image of the portion of the anatomy.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

identifying a simulated electrogram matching the corrected electrogram by at least searching a library including a plurality of simulated electrograms, the library mapping the plurality of simulated electrograms to one or more characteristics of the target organ used to generate the plurality of simulated electrograms.

7. A computer implemented method, comprising:

identifying a three-dimensional representation of at least a portion of an anatomy of a subject including a target organ;

identifying a non-standard lead placement of one or more electrogram leads on a body of the subject;

generating, based at least on the three-dimensional representation, one or more simulated electrical activations of the target organ;

generating, based at least on the one or more simulated electrical activations, a non-standard electrogram associated with the non-standard lead placement of the one or more electrogram leads on the body of the subject;

generating, based at least on the one or more simulated electrical activations, a standard electrogram associated with a standard lead placement of the one or more electrogram leads on the body of the subject; and

correcting, based at least on a difference between the nonstandard electrogram and the standard electrogram, an actual electrogram generated for the subject using the non-standard lead placement.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the standard electrogram, the nonstandard electrogram, and the actual electrogram comprise electrocardiograms, electroencephalograms, or vectorcardiograms.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the correcting includes generating a transformation matrix to transform the nonstandard electrogram to the standard electrogram and applying the transformation matrix to the actual electrogram.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the identifying of the three-dimensional representation include comparing a two-dimensional image of the portion of the anatomy of the subject to one or more two-dimensional images included in a library mapping the one or more two-dimensional images to one or more corresponding three-dimensional representations.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the nonstandard lead placement is identified based at least on an analysis of a two-dimensional image of the portion of the anatomy.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

identifying a simulated electrogram matching the corrected electrogram by at least searching a library including a plurality of simulated electrograms, the library mapping the plurality of simulated electrograms to one or more characteristics of the target organ used to generate the plurality of simulated electrograms.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by at least one data processor, result in operations comprising:

identifying a three-dimensional representation of at least a portion of an anatomy of a subject including a target organ;

identifying a non-standard lead placement of one or more electrogram leads on a body of the subject;

generating, based at least on the three-dimensional representation, one or more simulated electrical activations of the target organ;

generating, based at least on the one or more simulated electrical activations, a non-standard electrogram associated with the non-standard lead placement of the one or more electrogram leads on the body of the subject;

generating, based at least on the one or more simulated electrical activations, a standard electrogram associated with a standard lead placement of the one or more electrogram leads on the body of the subject; and

correcting, based at least on a difference between the nonstandard electrogram and the standard electrogram, an actual electrogram generated for the subject using the non-standard lead placement.

14. An apparatus, comprising:

means for identifying a three-dimensional representation of at least a portion of an anatomy of a subject including a target organ;

means for identifying a non-standard lead placement of one or more electrogram leads on a body of the subject;

means for generating, based at least on the three-dimensional representation, one or more simulated electrical activations of the target organ;

means for generating, based at least on the one or more simulated electrical activations, a non-standard electrogram associated with the non-standard lead placement of the one or more electrogram leads on the body of the subject;

means for generating, based at least on the one or more simulated electrical activations, a standard electrogram associated with a standard lead placement of the one or more electrogram leads on the body of the subject; and

means for correcting, based at least on a difference between the nonstandard electrogram and the standard electrogram, an actual electrogram generated for the subject using the non-standard lead placement.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2025
From: VEKTOR MEDICAL, INC.
To: THE VEKTOR GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 073265/0864 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2020
From: KRUMMEN, DAVID
To: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Reel/Frame 052593/0403 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2020
From: VILLONGCO, CHRISTOPHER
To: VEKTOR MEDICAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 052593/0406 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2019040740 · Jul 5, 2019
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