Patent ID: 8535061

Claim:
An elastic deformable human torso phantom comprising: a) a non-rigid torso container containing human organ and tissue models comprising: (1) two balloons representing the lungs, (2) two membranes, and a base fitted to the membranes representing the heart, said membranes comprising a non-uniform polymer, wherein one membrane is smaller and inserted into a larger membrane to form an inner membrane and an outer membrane, and the base seals the membranes to form an inner cavity in the inner membrane and an outer cavity between the inner membrane and the outer membrane, such that the inner cavity and contents of the inner membrane represents the left ventricle and the outer cavity between the inner membrane and the outer membrane represents the myocardium tissue, wherein the outer cavity is filled with a porous filling, and wherein the non-uniform polymer of both inner and outer membranes of the heart model further comprising at least four ridges 2 to 4 times thicker than the rest of the membrane covering the heart in a spiral manner and completing one full rotation around the membrane, (3) an elastic tube modeling the aorta, and (4) at least two additional models representing internal organs, wherein all said human organ or tissue models are elastic, mechanically interlinked, connected to a control center, encapsulated within a semi-rigid skeletal frame, and enclosed in the non-rigid torso container, wherein the torso container is filled with fluid and then sealed; b) fiducial markers and/or radiation dosimeters attached to a surface of the torso container and various positions inside the torso container; c) system for controlled dynamic delivery of contrast agents to each of said internal organ models comprising a plurality of pumps and valves, connecting to outside containers with contrast agents to the corresponding internal organ or tissue models; d) system for heart and lung motion control comprising one pump for the heart model and either two pumps for simulating lung inhalation and deflation or one pump and a compressed air tank, and further comprising a control box with controllable switches connected to a computer containing software to control the control box and collect R-wave signal generated by the heart model pump.