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The dynamic spatial reconstructor

A computed tomography system for high-speed simultaneous scanning of multiple cross sections of the heart

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A new generation whole-body computed tomography system has been developed to provide accurate visualization and measurement of the vital functions of the heart, lungs, and circulation. This dynamic spatial reconstructor system (DSR) provides stop-action (01-sec), rapidly sequential (60-per-second), synchronous volume (240 simultaneous adjacent 1-mm-thick transaxial sections) reconstructions and display of the full anatomic extents of the internal and external surfaces of the heart throughout successive cardiac cycles, and will permit visualization of the three-dimensional vascular anatomy and circulatory functions in all regions of the body of patients with cardiovascular and other circulatory disabilities.

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  1. Biodynamics Research Unit, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota

    Richard A. Robb, Arnold H. Lent, Barry K. Gilbert & Aloysius Chu

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This research was supported in part by grants HL-04664 and RR-00007 from the National Institutes of Health. An earlier version of this paper was published inProceedings of the 13th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Vol. 3, 1980, by Western Periodicals Co., North Hollywood, Calif.

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Robb, R.A., Lent, A.H., Gilbert, B.K. et al. The dynamic spatial reconstructor. J Med Syst 4, 253–288 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02222467

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