Atrial fibrillation ablation guided by CARTO XP system, which relies on the registration accuracy between the CARTO electro-anatomical map and the computed tomography (CT) image, is a clinical research hotspot nowadays. To register the two images, we first need to read the electro-anatomical map from the CARTO XP system. However, due to the unique dicm format of CARTO electro-anatomical map, existing DICOM viewers can only read a 2D screenshot of the 3D electro-anatomical map. In this study, we first discussed the format of CARTO electro-anatomical map, and then extracted the information of the mapping points using MATLAB. Finally we reconstructed the 3D spot chart for the heart inner chambers according to the positional information of mapping points. Our method can avoid the subjective difference caused by CARTO electro-anatomical map simulation, and provide the actual data support for the following study on registration algorithm.
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