Cardiac ultrasound phantom using a porcine heart model.
A beating cardiac phantom has been developed using an excised porcine heart for use as a training tool in echocardiography. The heart is fixed with a formalin-based preservation method, housed in an optically transparent Lexan chamber, and undergoes hydraulic pumping to circulate a blood-mimicking fluid. The cardiac phantom has been used for a period of four months to produce images of excellent quality with ventricular wall motion typical of human subjects.
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Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D004452:Echocardiography; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D008961:Models, Structural; D013552:Swine; D016276:Ventricular Function / Q000502:physiology