Determination of Optimal Angiographic Viewing Angles: Basic Principles and Evaluation Study

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 13-24

  Dumay, Adrie C M ^a   Reiber, Johan H C ^a   Gerbrands, Jan J ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine of the University Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GEOMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; STATISTICAL METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VECTORS;

ANGULATION ANGLES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; OPTIMAL ANGIOGRAPHIC VIEWING ANGLE; OPTIMAL VIEWS; X RAY SYSTEM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0028397659     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.276141     Document Type: Article

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