A mathematical model of motion of the heart for use in generating source and attenuation maps for simulating emission imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2323-2332

  Pretorius, P Hendrik ^a   King, Michael A ^a   Tsui, Benjamin M W ^b   LaCroix, Karen J ^b   Xia, Weishi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Heart model; Motion artifacts; SPECT

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE BEAMS; PHANTOMS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ATTENUATION COMPENSATION; CARDIAC IMAGING; HEART MODEL; MATHEMATICAL CARDIAC TORSOS; MOTION ARTIFACT; PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECT; SPECT; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

HEART;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLOOD VOLUME; BREATHING MECHANICS; DIASTOLE; GATED IMAGING; HEART CYCLE; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART VOLUME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SIMULATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE; TRUNK;

EID: 0032742084     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598746     Document Type: Article

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