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A newly developed integrated electrophysiological data acquisition and processing system can rapidly generate cardiac activation maps for experimental studies and antiarrhythmia surgery within 2 minutes. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

This research aims to develop a system that quickly generates cardiac activation maps to aid in surgery and studies.

June 1, 1987IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

An Integrated System for Intraoperative Cardiac Activation Mapping

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GBG. BonneauPolytechnique Montréal GTG TremblayElectrophysiology PSP. SavardUniversity of Toronto

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Facilitates rapid intraoperative cardiac mapping; extends computational tools but leaves open clinical validation.

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This research aims to develop a system that quickly generates cardiac activation maps to aid in surgery and studies.
Developed a minicomputer-based data acquisition and processing system.
Utilized a 64-channel unit with programmable gain, sampling at 1000 samples/s/channel.
Implemented software for real-time signal display and data recording.
Achieved an average processing time of 2 minutes to visualize activation maps.
System allows for easy interchange of data processing procedures.
Provided functionalities for both automatic detection and manual editing of activation times.

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Integrated system for intraoperative cardiac activation mapping (PDP-11/23+ minicomputer, 64-channel data acquisition unit)

Describes a computerized electrophysiological data acquisition and processing system capable of generating intraoperative cardiac activation maps in approximately 2 minutes.

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Bonneau et al. (1987) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a19d084e7f8932c5eeaba2e https://doi.org/10.1109/tbme.1987.326057

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