A deterministic approach to automated stenosis quantification

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 435-445

  Tommasini, Giorgio ^a   Rubartelli, Paolo ^b   Piaggio, Maurizio ^c  

^a GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; QCA; Quantative coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; PHANTOM; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0032726549     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(199912)48:4<435::aid-ccd21>3.0.co;2-8     Document Type: Article

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