Validation of an intracardiac ultrasonic therapy–imaging dual mode transducer

In this study we have developed a novel dual-mode intracardiac echocardiography catheter capable of performing ultrasound imaging and high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation. Using the same device we demonstrate in vivo the feasibility of intracardiac shear-wave elastography to evaluate thermal ablation as well as the feasibility of creating transmural and linear lesions (up to 10-mm wide) in the atrial wall.
Source: IRBM - Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research