Integrating Three-Dimensional Medical Imaging Into Digital Electroanatomic Models

A method implemented within a computer processing system for generating and using patient-specific electroanatomic models of a patient's heart and thorax, comprising:

• importing medical imaging data of the patient's heart and thorax into the processing system;
• applying the imported medical imaging data to a neural network model that has been trained to receive heart and thorax medical imaging data as an input and output a patient-specific electroanatomic heart model and a thorax model;
• and
• using the patient-specific electroanatomic heart model and thorax model output from the neural network model to perform a medical procedure on the patient.

A computing device, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor system coupled to the memory and configured to perform operations comprising:
• importing medical imaging data of the patient's heart and thorax into the processing system;
• processing the imported medical imaging data by the processing system to segment the heart, blood cavities, and thorax structures to produce segmented images;
• processing the segmented images by the processing system to identify anatomical landmarks including valves, left and right apex, and other relevant landmarks;
• verifying by the processing system the alignment of atrial and ventricular heart axes based on the identified anatomical landmarks;
• selecting by the processing system a reference heart model from a database of reference electroanatomic heart models;
• adjusting the reference heart model by the processing system including scaling and modifying the selected reference heart model to match the patient's anatomical landmarks, and storing the resulting adapted heart model in a memory in a format suitable for use in performing a medical procedure on the patient;
• selecting a reference thorax model from a database of reference thorax models in a format suitable for use in performing a medical procedure on the patient;
• adjusting the selected reference thorax model by the processing system including scaling and modifying the selected reference thorax model to match the patient's anatomical landmarks;
• storing the resulting adapted thorax model in the memory in a format suitable for use in performing a medical procedure on the patient;
• and
• using the adapted thorax model to perform a medical procedure on the patient.

A computing device, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor system coupled to the memory, including a neural network model that has been trained to receive heart and thorax medical imaging data as an input and output a patient-specific electroanatomic heart model and a thorax model, and configured with executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
• importing medical imaging data of a patient's heart and thorax;
• applying the imported medical imaging data to neural network model;
• and
• using the patient-specific electroanatomic heart model and thorax model output from the neural network model to perform a medical procedure on the patient.