Using signed distance functions to visualize pulsed field ablation (PFA) tags

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12437466-B2
Application number	US-202218081486-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2022
Priority date	Dec 14, 2022
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed are systems and methods for visualization of pulsed field ablation tags. In some implementations, a system includes a device, comprising a processor in communication with one or more sensors and a catheter comprising a plurality of electrodes. In some implementations, the processor is configured to: receive, via the one or more sensors, a position of each of the plurality of electrodes within a three-dimensional environment during a first ablation session; calculate, for the first ablation session, a first implicit function representing an energy field of the first ablation session from the received positions of each of the plurality of electrodes; and present, via a display, a first volumetric representation of the calculated first implicit function.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for visualization of pulsed field ablation tags, comprising:
a device, comprising a processor in communication with one or more sensors and a catheter comprising a plurality of electrodes; and
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive, via the one or more sensors, a position of each of the plurality of electrodes within a three-dimensional environment during a first ablation session,
calculate, for the first ablation session, a first implicit function representing an energy field of the first ablation session from the received positions of each of the plurality of electrodes, the first implicit function is calculated via a signed distance function based on positions of a pair of adjacent electrodes of the plurality of electrodes during the first ablation session, and
present, via a display, a first volumetric representation of the calculated first implicit function.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to calculate the implicit function via a plurality of signed distance functions, each corresponding to a different pair of adjacent electrodes.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein each electrode of the plurality of electrodes is associated with a unique identifier; and wherein the processor is further configured to determine, for each voxel of a plurality of voxels of the three dimensional environment, one or more identifiers of electrodes that provided energy to a position corresponding to the voxel during the first ablation session.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to, for each of a plurality of voxels of the three-dimensional environment, calculate a distance from the voxel to a position of an electrode of the plurality of electrodes.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to, for each of the plurality of voxels of the three-dimensional environment, determine whether the corresponding calculated distance is less than a threshold.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to, for one or more voxels of the plurality of voxels of the three-dimensional environment, modify a value associated with the voxel responsive to the corresponding calculated distance being less than the threshold.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to modify a value associated with a first voxel, responsive to the distance from the first voxel to a position of an electrode of the plurality of electrodes during the first ablation session being less than the threshold; and modify the value associated with the first voxel, responsive to the distance from the first voxel to a position of an electrode of the plurality of electrodes during a second ablation session being less than the threshold.

8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to present the first volumetric representation as one or more voxels in the three-dimensional environment, each voxel shaded based on the value associated with the voxel.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive, via the one or more sensors, a position of each of the plurality of electrodes during a second ablation session;
calculate, for the second ablation session, a second implicit function representing an energy field of the second ablation session; and
present, via the display, a second volumetric representation of the calculated second implicit function along with the first volumetric representation of the calculated first implicit function.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
sort the positions of each of the plurality of electrodes during the first ablation session into a plurality of clusters; and
calculate, for the first ablation session, the first implicit function via a signed distance function between pairs of electrodes within each cluster.

11. A method for visualization of pulsed field ablation tags, comprising:
receiving, by a processor of a device from one or more sensors, a position within a three-dimensional environment of each of a plurality of electrodes of a catheter during a first ablation session;
calculating, by the processor for the first ablation session, a first implicit function representing an energy field of the first ablation session from the received positions of each of the plurality of electrodes, wherein the first implicit function is calculated via a signed distance function based on positions of a pair of adjacent electrodes of the plurality of electrodes during the first ablation session; and
presenting, by the processor via a display, a first volumetric representation of the calculated first implicit function.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising calculating the implicit function via a plurality of signed distance functions, each corresponding to a different pair of adjacent electrodes.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein each electrode of the plurality of electrodes is associated with a unique identifier; and further comprising determining, for each voxel of a plurality of voxels of the three dimensional environment, one or more identifiers of electrodes that provided energy to a position corresponding to the voxel during the first ablation session.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising calculating, for each of a plurality of voxels of the three-dimensional environment, a distance from the voxel to a position of an electrode of the plurality of electrodes.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising determining, for each of the plurality of voxels of the three-dimensional environment, whether the corresponding calculated distance is less than a threshold.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising, for one or more voxels of the plurality of voxels of the three-dimensional environment, modifying a value associated with the voxel responsive to the corresponding calculated distance being less than the threshold.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising modifying a value associated with a first voxel, responsive to the distance from the first voxel to a position of an electrode of the plurality of electrodes during the first ablation session being less than the threshold; and modifying the value associated with the first voxel, responsive to the distance from the first voxel to a position of an electrode of the plurality of electrodes during a second ablation session being less than the threshold.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising presenting, by the processor, the first volumetric representation as one or more voxels in the three-dimensional environment, each voxel shaded based on the value associated with the voxel.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:
receiving, via the one or more sensors, a position of each of the plurality of electrodes during a second ablation session;
calculating, for the second ablation session, a second implicit function representing an energy field of the second ablation session; and
presenting, via the display, a second volumetric representation of the calculated second implicit function along with the first volumetric representation of the calculated first implicit function.

20. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
sorting the positions of each of the plurality of electrodes during the first ablation session into a plurality of clusters; and
calculating, for the first ablation session, the first implicit function via a signed distance function between pairs of e

Assignees

• Biosense Webster Israel Ltd

Inventors

• Zaides Leonid
• Zar Lior
• Cohen Benjamin
• Katz Natan Sharon

Classifications

• G06T2210/41

  Medical · CPC title

• A61B2018/1467

  using more than two electrodes on a single probe · CPC title

• A61B2018/00577

  Ablation · CPC title

• A61B18/1492

  having a flexible, catheter-like structure, e.g. for heart ablation (A61B18/1477 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61B2034/2051

  Electromagnetic tracking systems · CPC title