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Title: Visualization of Fiber Structurein the Left and Right Ventricleof a Human Heart

Abstract

The human heart is composed of a helical network of musclefibers. Anisotropic least squares filtering followed by fiber trackingtechniques were applied to Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging(DTMRI) data of the excised human heart. The fiber configuration wasvisualized by using thin tubes to increase 3-dimensional visualperception of the complex structure. All visualizations were performedusing the high-quality ray-tracing software POV-Ray. The fibers are shownwithin the left and right ventricles. Both ventricles exhibit similarfiber architecture and some bundles of fibers are shown linking right andleft ventricles on the posterior region of the heart.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Director, Office of Science; National Institutes ofHealth
OSTI Identifier:
920253
Report Number(s):
LBNL-61064
R&D Project: 864K2B; BnR: 400412000; TRN: US0807406
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC02-05CH11231; NIHEB000121
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS; 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; CONFIGURATION; DIFFUSION; FIBERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MUSCLES; HEART; ANATOMY; fiber tracking heart structureDTMRI

Citation Formats

Rohmer, Damien, Sitek, Arkadiusz, and Gullberg, Grant T. Visualization of Fiber Structurein the Left and Right Ventricleof a Human Heart. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.2172/920253.
Rohmer, Damien, Sitek, Arkadiusz, & Gullberg, Grant T. Visualization of Fiber Structurein the Left and Right Ventricleof a Human Heart. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/920253
Rohmer, Damien, Sitek, Arkadiusz, and Gullberg, Grant T. 2006. "Visualization of Fiber Structurein the Left and Right Ventricleof a Human Heart". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/920253. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/920253.
@article{osti_920253,
title = {Visualization of Fiber Structurein the Left and Right Ventricleof a Human Heart},
author = {Rohmer, Damien and Sitek, Arkadiusz and Gullberg, Grant T},
abstractNote = {The human heart is composed of a helical network of musclefibers. Anisotropic least squares filtering followed by fiber trackingtechniques were applied to Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging(DTMRI) data of the excised human heart. The fiber configuration wasvisualized by using thin tubes to increase 3-dimensional visualperception of the complex structure. All visualizations were performedusing the high-quality ray-tracing software POV-Ray. The fibers are shownwithin the left and right ventricles. Both ventricles exhibit similarfiber architecture and some bundles of fibers are shown linking right andleft ventricles on the posterior region of the heart.},
doi = {10.2172/920253},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/920253}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2006},
month = {Wed Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2006}
}