Porcine ventricles digitized at the Auckland University Bioengineering Institute .
Data courtesy of Carey Stevens, Ian LeGrice , and Peter Hunter.
Published in J Biomech 2003; 36(5): 737-48 and Prog Biophys Mol Biol 2003; 82(1-3): 229-41.
For actual dissection images from a porcine heart click here.
This mathematical representation of the ventricular geometry and muscle fibers was obtained by dissecting porcine ventricles into layers 0.5 mm thick.
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