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4D XCAT phantom for multimodality imaging research.

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Segars, WP; Sturgeon, G; Mendonca, S; Grimes, J; Tsui, BMW
Published in: Med Phys
September 2010

PURPOSE: The authors develop the 4D extended cardiac-torso (XCAT) phantom for multimodality imaging research. METHODS: Highly detailed whole-body anatomies for the adult male and female were defined in the XCAT using nonuniform rational B-spline (NURBS) and subdivision surfaces based on segmentation of the Visible Male and Female anatomical datasets from the National Library of Medicine as well as patient datasets. Using the flexibility of these surfaces, the Visible Human anatomies were transformed to match body measurements and organ volumes for a 50th percentile (height and weight) male and female. The desired body measurements for the models were obtained using thePEOPLESIZE program that contains anthropometric dimensions categorized from 1st to the 99th percentile for US adults. The desired organ volumes were determined from ICRP Publication 89 [ICRP, "Basic anatomical and physiological data for use in radiological protection: reference values," ICRP Publication 89 (International Commission on Radiological Protection, New York, NY, 2002)]. The male and female anatomies serve as standard templates upon which anatomical variations may be modeled in the XCAT through user-defined parameters. Parametrized models for the cardiac and respiratory motions were also incorporated into the XCAT based on high-resolution cardiac- and respiratory-gated multislice CT data. To demonstrate the usefulness of the phantom, the authors show example simulation studies in PET, SPECT, and CT using publicly available simulation packages. RESULTS: As demonstrated in the pilot studies, the 4D XCAT (which includes thousands of anatomical structures) can produce realistic imaging data when combined with accurate models of the imaging process. With the flexibility of the NURBS surface primitives, any number of different anatomies, cardiac or respiratory motions or patterns, and spatial resolutions can be simulated to perform imaging research. CONCLUSIONS: With the ability to produce realistic, predictive 3D and 4D imaging data from populations of normal and abnormal patients under various imaging parameters, the authors conclude that the XCAT provides an important tool in imaging research to evaluate and improve imaging devices and techniques. In the field of x-ray CT, the phantom may also provide the necessary foundation with which to optimize clinical CT applications in terms of image quality versus radiation dose, an area of research that is becoming more significant with the growing use of CT.

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Med Phys

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EISSN

2473-4209

Publication Date

September 2010

Volume

37

Issue

9

Start / End Page

4902 / 4915

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Software
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Models, Anatomic
  • Male
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Humans
  • Heart
  • Female
  • Diagnostic Imaging
 

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Segars, W. P., Sturgeon, G., Mendonca, S., Grimes, J., & Tsui, B. M. W. (2010). 4D XCAT phantom for multimodality imaging research. Med Phys, 37(9), 4902–4915. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3480985
Segars, W. P., G. Sturgeon, S. Mendonca, Jason Grimes, and B. M. W. Tsui. “4D XCAT phantom for multimodality imaging research.Med Phys 37, no. 9 (September 2010): 4902–15. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3480985.
Segars WP, Sturgeon G, Mendonca S, Grimes J, Tsui BMW. 4D XCAT phantom for multimodality imaging research. Med Phys. 2010 Sep;37(9):4902–15.
Segars, W. P., et al. “4D XCAT phantom for multimodality imaging research.Med Phys, vol. 37, no. 9, Sept. 2010, pp. 4902–15. Pubmed, doi:10.1118/1.3480985.
Segars WP, Sturgeon G, Mendonca S, Grimes J, Tsui BMW. 4D XCAT phantom for multimodality imaging research. Med Phys. 2010 Sep;37(9):4902–4915.

Published In

Med Phys

DOI

EISSN

2473-4209

Publication Date

September 2010

Volume

37

Issue

9

Start / End Page

4902 / 4915

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Software
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Models, Anatomic
  • Male
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Humans
  • Heart
  • Female
  • Diagnostic Imaging