In vivo validation of the design rules of the coronary arteries and their application in the assessment of diffuse disease

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 977-993

  Zhou, Yifang ^a,c   Kassab, Ghassan S ^b   Molloi, Sabee ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Multi Dimensional Imaging Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERIES;

BLOOD; DISEASES; MORPHOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEODENSITOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SWINE;

EID: 0037149529     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/6/309     Document Type: Article

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