title: Generation of a cardiac shape model from CT data.
abstract: In this paper we describe the generation of a geometric cardiac shape model based on cardiac CTA data. The model includes the four cardiac chambers and the trunks of the connected vasculature, as well as the coronary arteries and a set of cardiac landmarks. A mean geometric model for the end-diastolic heart has been built based on 27 end-diastolic cardiac CTA datasets and a mean motion model based on 11 multiphase datasets. The model has been evaluated with respect to its capability to estimate the position of cardiac structures. Allowing a similarity transformation to adapt the model to image data, cardiac surface positions can be predicted with an accuracy of below 5 mm.
authors.affiliation: Philips Research Europe Hamburg, Research Sector Medical Imaging Systems, 22315 Hamburg, Germany. Cristian.Lorenz@Philips.com
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lorenz
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: von Berg
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*