Neural Surrogate Forward Modelling For Electrocardiology Without Explicit Intracellular Conductivity Tensor

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Main Authors: Ogbomo-Harmitt, Shaheim, Magnetti, Cesare, Grzelak, Jakub, Aslanidi, Oleg
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Published: 2026
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author Ogbomo-Harmitt, Shaheim
Magnetti, Cesare
Grzelak, Jakub
Aslanidi, Oleg
author_facet Ogbomo-Harmitt, Shaheim
Magnetti, Cesare
Grzelak, Jakub
Aslanidi, Oleg
contents Accurate forward modelling is essential for non-invasive cardiac electrophysiology, particularly in atrial fibrillation, where electrical activation is highly disorganised. Conventional physics-based forward models require explicit specification of intracellular conductivity tensors, which are not directly measurable in clinical practice and introduce structural modelling errors. This proof-of-concept study presents a deep learning approach that learns a direct mapping from left atrial intracellular electrical potentials to far-field ECGs without requiring explicit intracellular conductivity inputs at inference time. Despite training only on 74 subjects, the model achieved an R2 of 0.949 \pm 0.037, highlighting potential to reduce structural uncertainty and improve non-invasive AF assessment.
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spellingShingle Neural Surrogate Forward Modelling For Electrocardiology Without Explicit Intracellular Conductivity Tensor
Ogbomo-Harmitt, Shaheim
Magnetti, Cesare
Grzelak, Jakub
Aslanidi, Oleg
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Accurate forward modelling is essential for non-invasive cardiac electrophysiology, particularly in atrial fibrillation, where electrical activation is highly disorganised. Conventional physics-based forward models require explicit specification of intracellular conductivity tensors, which are not directly measurable in clinical practice and introduce structural modelling errors. This proof-of-concept study presents a deep learning approach that learns a direct mapping from left atrial intracellular electrical potentials to far-field ECGs without requiring explicit intracellular conductivity inputs at inference time. Despite training only on 74 subjects, the model achieved an R2 of 0.949 \pm 0.037, highlighting potential to reduce structural uncertainty and improve non-invasive AF assessment.
title Neural Surrogate Forward Modelling For Electrocardiology Without Explicit Intracellular Conductivity Tensor
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.13366