Virtual tools for imaging of the thorax

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 381-392

  Ferretti, G R ^a   Bricault, I ^a   Coulomb, M ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Helical computed tomography; Maximum intensity projection; Minimum intensity projection; Virtual rendering; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AIRWAY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX; THORAX WALL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0034893471     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.01.00217701     Document Type: Article

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