Normal Tissue Characterization: Which contours to use?
Huang/Hope
End of vessels/start of heart
through pericardium
Nishimura
“The heart was contoured along
with the pericardial sac, and the
superior aspect (or base) began at
the level of the inferior aspect of
the aortic arch (aortopulmonary
window) and extended inferiorly to
the apex of the heart.”
Speirs, Bradley, 0617
Wheatley Atlas