A coronary calcification diagnosis system based on helical ct images

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6 PART 2, 1998, Pages 3083-3088

  Ukai, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); DIAGNOSIS; EFFICIENCY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL COMPUTING; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY CALCIFICATION; HELICAL CT IMAGES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032308576     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.737668     Document Type: Article

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