@inproceedings{21ddf2cfea8940b284c749b07d3fbd72,
title = "Modeling human heart based on cardiac tomography",
abstract = "A technique for constructing a three-dimensional (3-D) human heart model is proposed for study of anatomy of the heart and the coronary vessels as well as the dynamic changes in the shape of left and right ventricles throughout the cardiac cycle. The proposed model consists of the 3-D surfaces of epi- and endo-cardium of the heart with the coronary tree attached on the epicardium. The spatial 3-D geometry of coronary arteries is constructed from the stereoscopic radiographic images. The 3-D surfaces of epi- and endo-cardium of the heart are reconstructed from serial ultra fast CT cross-sectional images. For each cross section, the regions of epi- and endo-cardium are first identified by using an adaptive segmentation algorithm. The boundaries of these regions are then extracted. Using these boundaries, additional cross sections are generated by means of an elastic interpolation algorithm. The set of interpolated cross sections are then employed to form a cardiac surface which is subsequently smoothed using a spline-based surface interpolation method.",
author = "Chen, \{Shiuh Yung\} and Hoffmann, \{Kenneth R.\} and Chen, \{Chin Tu\} and Carroll, \{John D.\}",
year = "1992",
language = "English",
isbn = "0819409502",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "Publ by Int Soc for Optical Engineering",
pages = "14--18",
booktitle = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
note = "Imaging Technologies and Applications ; Conference date: 19-03-1992 Through 19-03-1992",
}