VT Scan: Towards an Efficient Pipeline from Computed Tomography Images to Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation

Non-invasive prediction of optimal targets for efficient radio-frequency ablation is a major challenge in the treatment of ventricular tachycardia. Most of the related modelling work relies on magnetic resonance imaging of the heart for patient-specific personalized electrophysiology simulations.

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