BACKGROUND: Part of the current stereotactic arrythmia radioablation (STAR) workflow is transfer of findings from the electroanatomic mapping (EAM) to computed tomography (CT). Here, we analyzed inter- and intraobserver variation in a modified EAM-CT registration using automatic registration algorithms designed to yield higher robustness. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This work is based on data of 10 patients who had previously undergone STAR. Two observers participated in this study: (1) an electrophysiologist technician (cardiology) with substatial experience in EAM-CT merge, and (2) a clinical engineer (radiotherapy) with minimum experience with EAM-CT merge. EAM-CT merge consists of 3 main steps: segmentation of left ventricle from CT (CT LV), registration of the CT LV and EAM, clinical target volume (CTV) delineation from EAM specific points. Mean Hausdorff distance (MHD), Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) and absolute difference in Center of Gravity (CoG) were used to assess intra/interobserver variability. RESULTS: Intraobserver variability: The mean DSC and MHD for 3 CT LVs altogether was 0.92 ± 0.01 and 1.49 ± 0.23 mm. The mean DSC and MHD for 3 CTVs altogether was 0,82 ± 0,06 and 0,71 ± 0,22 mm. Interobserver variability: Segmented CT LVs showed great similarity (mean DSC of 0,91 ± 0,01, MHD of 1,86 ± 0,47 mm). The mean DSC comparing CTVs from both observers was 0,81 ± 0,11 and MHD was 0,87 ± 0,45 mm. CONCLUSIONS: The high interobserver similarity of segmented LVs and delineated CTVs confirmed the robustness of the proposed method. Even an inexperienced user can perform a precise EAM-CT merge following workflow instructions.

Department of Biomedical Technology Czech Technical University Prague Kladno Czech Republic

Department of Cardiology Podlesi Hospital Trinec Czech Republic

Department of Oncology University Hospital Ostrava and Ostrava Czech Republic

Faculty of Medicine Masaryk University Brno Czechia

Faculty of Medicine University of Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic

Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague Czech Republic

VŠB Technical University of Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic

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