PC-assisted three-dimensional description of organs containing tubular structures, applied on the epididymis of the rat

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 323-329

  Stoltenberg, M ^a   Andreasen, A ^a   Jensen, K B ^a   Juhl, S ^a   Danscher, G ^a   Ernst, E ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alignment; Computer assisted; Epididymis; Rat; Reconstruction; Tubular organs

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED RECONSTRUCTION; EPIDIDYMIS; TUBULAR ORGANS;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; EPIDIDYMIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0031277457     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(97)00021-9     Document Type: Article

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