Body surface potential field representation fidelity: analysis of map estimation procedures

J Electrocardiol. 1999 Jul;32(3):253-61. doi: 10.1016/s0022-0736(99)90107-3.

Abstract

The first part of this study analyzed the spatial-temporal error distribution of the Lux-type limited lead system. Quantitative new evidence is reported that the 32-lead anterior subset estimates the further 160 leads with an average amplitude error less than 38.5 microV. The spatial error distribution revealed 8 sites where the error is the highest, primarily on the anterior side, independent of the clinical classification. The second part of the study examined inter-lead-system conversion strategies for interpolating the Lux-192 lead maps from the Montreal-63 data. The methodology based on the Laplacian interpolation yielded an average amplitude error of 143.7 microV and an average correlation of 0.87 for pattern fidelity. In this specific case a modified linear interpolation surpassed the Laplacian method. A presented example illustrates that even in cases when the fidelity of the signal information is heavily compromised the diagnostic information may remain less influenced.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Body Surface Potential Mapping*
  • Databases, Factual
  • Humans
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted