Is Single-View Fluoroscopy Sufficient in Guiding Cardiac Ablation Procedures?

<table>(a) Inverse of the projection width <svg height="7.9499998" id="M45" style="vertical-align:-0.1638pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 12.225 7.9499998" width="12.225" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,7.675)"><path d="M689 332q0 -81 -40 -161.5t-103.5 -131.5t-127.5 -51q-32 0 -58.5 16t-40.5 46q-70 -62 -139 -62q-45 0 -77.5 30t-32.5 86q0 8 7 52q11 77 45 187q6 19 6 34q0 6 -7 6q-24 0 -78 -64l-20 23q32 48 73 77t78 29q32 0 32 -43q0 -30 -12 -73q-27 -95 -38 -152
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</svg> versus depth <svg height="8.4250002" id="M46" style="vertical-align:-0.273pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 8.5874996 8.4250002" width="8.5874996" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,8.013)"><path d="M475 445l-64 -69q-119 -128 -289 -280q27 6 81 -15q66 -26 102 -26q48 0 111 93l23 -19q-41 -84 -75.5 -116.5t-73.5 -32.5q-37 0 -147 53q-43 21 -63 7q-22 -15 -38 -41q-4 -7 -11 -7q-8 10 -8 26q0 38 47 83l292 273q-32 -5 -67 -1q-63 7 -105 7q-32 0 -53.5 -22
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</svg>. (b) Inverse of the projection area A versus depth <svg height="8.4250002" id="M47" style="vertical-align:-0.273pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 8.5874996 8.4250002" width="8.5874996" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,8.013)"><path d="M475 445l-64 -69q-119 -128 -289 -280q27 6 81 -15q66 -26 102 -26q48 0 111 93l23 -19q-41 -84 -75.5 -116.5t-73.5 -32.5q-37 0 -147 53q-43 21 -63 7q-22 -15 -38 -41q-4 -7 -11 -7q-8 10 -8 26q0 38 47 83l292 273q-32 -5 -67 -1q-63 7 -105 7q-32 0 -53.5 -22
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</svg>. The width calculation yields statistically significant result when compared to width calculation.</table>

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Figure 13: Is Single-View Fluoroscopy Sufficient in Guiding Cardiac Ablation Procedures? 