Dynamic phantom

1. A dynamic phantom, the dynamic phantom comprising:

a body having a front, a back, and an internal cavity between the front and the back, the body having a movable chest wall comprising a first segment, a second segment and a third segment, the third segment connecting the first segment to the second segment;

an electromechanical first motion mechanism attached to the first and second segments of the chest wall at a plurality of points, the first motion mechanism having a driving member that acts on the movable chest wall to move the movable chest wall to thereby move the front relative to the back of the body;

a moveable organ member supported within the internal cavity that is caused to move relative to the body by a second motion mechanism, the movable organ member having a first end that is fixed relative to the back of the body and a second end that is biased towards a first position; and

first and second drive sources to independently drive the electromechanical first motion mechanism and second motion mechanism, respectively;

wherein the first drive source drives the first motion mechanism to move the front of the body relative to the back of the body and the second drive source drives the second motion mechanism to stretch the moveable organ member to move the second end of the moveable organ member relative to the first end of the moveable organ member to substantially represent respiration movement of the movable chest wall and the moveable organ member in a human body.

2. The dynamic phantom of claim 1 , wherein the movable chest wall moves in more than one spatial direction.

3. The dynamic phantom of claim 1 , wherein the electromechanical first motion mechanism comprises a linkage arrangement, the driving member being part of the linkage arrangement.

4. The dynamic phantom of claim 1 , wherein the electromechanical first motion mechanism or second motion mechanism comprises reciprocating, pivoting, cammed or sliding movements.

5. The dynamic phantom of claim 1 , wherein the driving member is connected to the third segment.

6. The dynamic phantom of claim 1 , wherein the driving member is an arm pivotally connected to both the third segment and the back of the dynamic phantom.

7. The dynamic phantom of claim 6 , wherein the electromechanical first motion mechanism further comprises a reciprocating shaft, the reciprocating shaft being pivotally connected to the arm.

8. The dynamic phantom of any one of claim 1 , wherein the third segment is flexibly connected to the first segment and the second segment.

9. The dynamic phantom of any one of claim 1 , wherein the first segment and the second segment are connected to the back of the dynamic phantom.

10. The dynamic phantom of any one of claim 1 , wherein the first segment and the second segment move relative to each other when the electromechanical first motion mechanism moves the movable chest wall.

11. The dynamic phantom of claim 1 , wherein the movable chest wall is resilient and deforms when the electromechanical first motion mechanism moves the movable chest wall.

12. The dynamic phantom of claim 1 , wherein the movable chest wall is biased towards an exhalation position and the electromechanical first motion mechanism moves the movable chest wall to an inhalation position.

13. The dynamic phantom of claim 1 , wherein the moveable organ member is deformable.

14. The dynamic phantom of claim 1 , wherein the electromechanical first motion mechanism expands the movable chest wall.

15. The dynamic phantom of claim 1 , wherein each of the electromechanical first motion mechanism and second motion mechanism substantially represent movement of both inhalation and exhalation in a human body.

16. The dynamic phantom of claim 1 , wherein the electromechanical first motion mechanism and second motion mechanism are synchronized.