FORCE TRENDS AND PULSATILITY FOR CATHETER CONTACT IDENTIFICATION IN INTRACARDIAC ELECTROGRAMS DURING ARRHYTHMIA ABLATION

Force Trends and Pulsatility for Catheter Contact Identification in Intracardiac Electrograms during Arrhythmia Ablation

The intracardiac electrical activation maps are commonly used as a guide in the ablation of cardiac arrhythmias.The use of catheters with force sensors has been proposed in order to know if the electrode is in contact with the tissue during the registration of intracardiac electrograms (EGM).Although threshold criteria on force signals are often us

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Familiarizing conservation-restoration students with risk assessment and risk management using outdoor sculptures as case studies

Aim.The paper describes a problem-based learning assignment through which conservation-restoration students become acquainted with the assessment and management of risks to cultural heritage.The assignment includes identification of threats, writing incident scenarios, proposing mitigation measures and identifying persons/institutions that can impl

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The Degradation of Cellulose by Radio Frequency Plasma

This paper describes the Smoothie results of using oxygen (O2) plasma to treat both greige and scoured cotton yarns to cause significant degradation of cellulose.This study is an effort to reduce hazardous caustic chemicals commonly used to make the cellulose molecule more accessible for uses in such applications as biofuels.Through high power dens

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