title: A new fully-digital anthropomorphic and dynamic thorax/heart model.
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.
authors.affiliation: Creatis-LRMN, CNRS UMR 5220, Inserm U630, INSA Bâtiment Blaise Pascal, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Magnin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Clarysse
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D013909:Thorax / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*