Computerized Radiographic Assessment of Pulmonary Blood Flow in Patients with and Those without Mitral Stenosis

Radiographics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1269-1275

  Kido, Shoji ^a   Arisawa, Jun ^b   Ikezoe, Junpei ^b   Nakamura, Hironobu ^b   Kuroda, Chikazumi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computers, diagnostic aid; Images, processing; Mitral valve, stenosis, 534.83, 60.713; Pulmonary arteries, flow dynamics, 564.784, 944.759; Radiography, digital

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 0031225382     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.17.5.9308114     Document Type: Article

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