Quantitation of atherosclerosis by magnetic resonance imaging and 3-D morphology operators

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 585-591

  Ḧanni, Mari ^a   Lekka Banos, Irini ^a   Nilsson, Sven ^a   Ḧaggroth, Lena ^a   Smedby D , ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aorta; Arterial wall; Atherosclerosis; Image processing

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RABBIT; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0033133386     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(98)00195-7     Document Type: Article

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