Accuracy of ablation model through synchronization

A system for improving the accuracy of an ablation model through synchronization, comprising:

• a catheter energy source;
• a catheter coupled to the catheter energy source, comprising a catheter optical port;
• and
• a computing device coupled to the catheter energy source and the catheter, the computing device comprising:
• a processor;
• and
• a memory, wherein the memory contains instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor cause the computing device to:
• activate the catheter energy source;
• acquire a catheter energy signal from the catheter energy source;
• assign an activation time stamp to the catheter energy signal when the catheter energy source is activated and a deactivation time stamp to the catheter energy signal when the catheter energy source is deactivated;
• determine a time of ablation based on a time period between the activation time stamp and the deactivation time stamp;
• acquire an optical measurement signal from the catheter optical port;
• assign an input time stamp to the optical measurement signal when the optical measurement signal is first acquired from the catheter optical port and a switching time stamp to the optical measurement signal when the optical measurement signal is no longer being acquired from the catheter optical port;
• process the optical measurement signal in order to acquire a denaturation result;
• synchronize the time of ablation and the denaturation result using the activation time stamp, deactivation time stamp, input time stamp, and switching time stamp in order to generate a synchronized model;
• and
• generate an estimated lesion depth from the synchronized model.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

• activating a catheter energy source;
• acquiring a catheter energy signal from the catheter energy source;
• assigning an activation time stamp to the catheter energy signal when the catheter energy source is activated and a deactivation time stamp to the catheter energy signal when the catheter energy source is deactivated;
• determining a time of ablation based on a time period between the activation time stamp and the deactivation time stamp;
• acquiring an optical measurement signal from a catheter optical port;
• assigning an input time stamp to the optical measurement signal when the optical measurement signal is first acquired from the catheter optical port and a switching time stamp to the optical measurement signal when the optical measurement signal is no longer being acquired from the catheter optical port;
• processing the optical measurement signal in order to acquire a denaturation result;
• synchronizing the time of ablation and the denaturation result using the activation time stamp, deactivation time stamp, input time stamp, and switching time stamp in order to generate a synchronized model;
• and
• generating an estimated lesion depth from the synchronized model.