Reproducibility study of 3D geometrical reconstruction of the human carotid bifurcation from magnetic resonance images

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 665-674

  Long, Q ^a   Ariff, B ^b   Zhao, S Z ^a   Thom, S A ^b   Hughes, A D ^b   Xu, X Y ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid bifurcation; Centerline; Contour shape factor; Cross sectional area; MRI; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CAROTID BIFURCATION; CENTERLINES; CONTOUR SHAPE; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; REPRODUCIBILITIES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEAR STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0037379986     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10401     Document Type: Article

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