Excitement propagation visualization apparatus and excitement propagation visualization method

An excitement propagation visualization method comprising:

• detecting, by a processor connected to a memory that stores excitement propagation data indicative of potentials generated by excitement propagation at a plurality of points in an analysis space including a heart at each analysis time in an analysis period, based on the excitement propagation data, and for the each analysis time, an excitement propagation wave front indicative of a boundary between an area in which the potentials exceed a threshold and an area in which the potentials do not exceed the threshold;
• detecting, by the processor and for the each analysis time, an intersection of a straight line passing through a first point inside the heart and a second point outside the heart and the excitement propagation wave front;
• generating, by the processor and for the each analysis time, a display object associated with the intersection of the straight line and the excitement propagation wave front;
• and
• drawing, by the processor, the display object generated for the each analysis time at a position of the associated intersection in a drawing area indicative of the analysis space,
• wherein, the generating includes generating a display object indicative of a portion of the excitement propagation wave front included in a pillar-shaped area surrounding the straight line;
• and
• wherein, the drawing includes drawing the display object for each analysis time in one pulsation period in a ring-shaped area obtained by transforming the pillar-shaped area.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process comprising:

• detecting, based on excitement propagation data stored in a memory that is connected to the computer and for each analysis time, an excitement propagation wave front indicative of a boundary between an area in which potentials exceed a threshold and an area in which potentials do not exceed the threshold, the excitement propagation data being indicative of the potentials generated by excitement propagation at a plurality of points in an analysis space including a heart at each analysis time in an analysis period;
• detecting, for the each analysis time, an intersection of a straight line passing through a first point inside the heart and a second point outside the heart and the excitement propagation wave front;
• generating, for the each analysis time, a display object associated with the intersection of the straight line and the excitement propagation wave front;
• and
• drawing the display object generated for the each analysis time at a position of the associated intersection in a drawing area indicative of the analysis space,
• wherein, the generating includes generating a display object indicative of a portion of the excitement propagation wave front included in a pillar-shaped area surrounding the straight line;
• and
• wherein, the drawing includes drawing the display object for each analysis time in one pulsation period in a ring-shaped area obtained by transforming the pillar-shaped area.