Independent component analysis for synthetic aperture magnetometry in magnetocardiography

Comput Biol Med. 2006 Mar;36(3):253-61. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2004.11.005.

Abstract

We propose independent component analysis (ICA) as a pre-process for synthetic aperture magnetometry (SAM) in magnetocardiogram. SAM is a very useful method for source current imaging. However, SAM cannot separate one source from the others when there are time-correlated multi-sources, especially for successively active sources. The proposed method compensates the intrinsic drawback of SAM with ICA, which is feasible for 3-D imaging of the myocardial current distribution of specific temporal features. By using our method, we successfully localized an accessory pathway of a patient suffering from the WPW syndrome.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Algorithms*
  • Electrocardiography / methods*
  • Humans
  • Magnetics*
  • Male
  • Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / diagnosis