CMIC Seminar: Image Guided Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Speaker: Peter Mountney, Siemens Medical Imaging Technologies
UCL Contact: Dominique Drai (Visitors from outside UCL please email in advance).
Date/Time: 26 Oct 16, 16:00 - 17:00
Venue: Roberts G08

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease is the leading global cause of death, it accounts for over 30% of deaths per year. In the past 25 years, Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has emerged as one of the most successful therapies for patients with advanced drug-refractory heart failure. However, 30-50% of the patients do not respond to this therapy when assessed by objective criteria, such as cardiac function. One of the largest contributing factors to non-response is the sub-optimal placement of the CRT device lead on the surface of the left ventricle. This talk will describe an image fusion and guidance platform that combines MR and X-ray fluoroscopy enabling doctors to target the optimal lead location.

Peter Mountney

Peter Mountney is a Senior Staff Scientist at Siemens Healthcare and a Visiting Lecturer at Kings College London in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. His research interests lie in the fields of image guided interventions, computer assisted surgery, machine learning, augmented reality, computer vision and robotics. His research focuses on developing core technologies and the transition of technology into the operating room. After a PhD and post doc at Imperial College London he joined Siemen Healthcare where he has held a number of research and innovation positions in the Germany, USA and UK working with the X-ray and Angiography, Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.