A new fully-digital anthropomorphic and dynamic thorax/heart model

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007:2007:6000-3. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353715.

Abstract

A numerical anthropomorphic model of the breathing thorax and the beating heart is presented. It includes the main thoracic/cardiac anatomical structures, the main vessel junctions as well as the structures' motion. Its main feature is that it is based on a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) examination performed on the same human subject within the same session from which both structural and motion information are retrieved. This confers to the model a very good consistency. This numerical model is virtually imaged by two simulators: a MRI simulator and a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) simulator. The overall resulting model (structure geometry & dynamics, images) is useful for the evaluation of cardiac image processing algorithms such as heart structure segmentation or multi-modality cardiac image registration.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Anthropometry / methods
  • Computer Simulation
  • Heart / anatomy & histology*
  • Heart / physiology*
  • Heart Conduction System / anatomy & histology
  • Heart Conduction System / physiology
  • Humans
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods
  • Models, Anatomic*
  • Models, Cardiovascular*
  • Myocardial Contraction / physiology*
  • Thorax / anatomy & histology*
  • Thorax / physiology*