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In order to improve spatial conception and quantitative assessment of the cardiac structures based on cardiac computed tomography, methods for computer graphic display were developed. Excised hearts and living dogs with myocardial infarctions were subjected to CT scanning. The data on the scanner tapes were processed to provide isodensity plots, linear section plots, time-weighted integrated isodensity plots as well topographical density displays and three-dimensional spatial reconstructions of single and multi-layer scans.
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This work was supported in part by Physics Division of the United States Department of Energy Contract Number W-7405-ENG-48, and National Institute of Heart, Blood and Lung Number HL 22762.
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Palmer, R., Yen, A., Kuo, I. et al. Computer graphic display of cardiac CT scans. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 5, 97–104 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552087
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