Heart Rhythm
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 609-617 , April 2008

Cardiac image registration of the left atrium and pulmonary veins

  • Jasbir Sra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Electrophysiology Laboratories, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Centers, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health-Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Jasbir Sra, M.D., F.A.C.C., 2801 West Kinnickinnic River Parkway, No. 777, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53215.
    • Dr. Jasbir Sra has research agreements with GE Healthcare and has been on their advisory board.
    • ,
  • Shivani Ratnakumar, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Marquette University-Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Sciences Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
    • There are no conflicts of interest for Shivani Ratnakumar.

Received 27 September 2007 ,Accepted 22 November 2007.

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PII: S1547-5271(07)01174-5

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.11.020

Heart Rhythm
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 609-617 , April 2008

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