On the human left ventricular shape

Computers and Biomedical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 264-282

  Azhari, Haim ^a   Beyar, Rafael ^a   Sideman, Samuel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cine CT; Electron beam tomography; Geometrical cardiogram; Geometry; Heart; Human; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CINEANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HEART; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0033153242     PISSN: 00104809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbmr.1999.1513     Document Type: Article

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