NIH R01 · 2025
Improved arrhythmia ablation via MR-guided robotic catheterization and multimodal clinician feedback
Project Summary/Abstract: The objective of this proposal is to create a multi-modal feedback-based navigation system and MR- compatible robotic platform that enables precise, continuous, and permanent lesion creation during MR-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for atrial fibrillation (AF) treatment. This research is motivated by the high incidence of AF in US (1 in 100 people), and the suboptimal treatment outcome of traditional approaches (~30- 50% recurrence rate). Recurrence of AF occurs when there are gaps between ablation lesions, which can be caused by multiple reasons, including 1) limited ability to manipulate the catheter in a manner that reaches all desired ablation targets…
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