Quantitative evaluation of the human coronary wall dynamic: Description of a new method based on the three-dimensional time - depending reconstruction of the intravascular echographic images;Valutazione quantitativa della dinamica della parete coronarica nell'uomo: Descrizione di un nuovo metodo basato sulla ricostruzione tridimensionale tempo dipendente di immagini ecografiche intravascolari

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-50

  Marraccini, Paolo ^a   Salvetti, Ovidio ^b   Marzilli, Mario ^a   Braccini, Giovanni ^b   Levorato, Dianora ^b   Bragagni, Paolo ^c   L'Abbate, Antonio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTI CNR   (Italy)

^c Dipto Radiol Spedali Riun S C   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary dynamics; Intravascular ultrasound; Three dimensional reconstruction; Vasomotion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; TIME;

CORONARY VESSELS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0029691495     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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