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    Elliptical Subject Specific model for respiratory motion
    (Biomed Central Ltd, 2012) Burger, Ian; Meintjes, Ernesta; Keegan, Jennifer; Firmin, David
    Respiratory motion of the heart poses a problem for high resolution cardiac MR imaging. Prospective slice following uses the navigator position immediately prior to the imaging segment to correct the slice positions throughout the segment [1]. The navigator is typically placed over the right hemi-diaphragm and a fixed correction factor is used to adjust for the difference to the motion of the heart. The relationship between the motion of the heart and the superior-inferior motion of the diaphragm is approximately linear although highly subject specific, with an element of hysteresis [2]. We investigated a more complex model to incorporate non rigid transformation of the heart as well as hysteresis.