Endoluminal Perspective Volume Rendering of Coronary Arteries Using Electron-Beam Computed Tomography

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1064-1067

  Funabashi, Nobusada ^a   Misumi, Kazuo ^b   Ohnishi, Hiroyuki ^b   Watanabe, Mai ^b   Suzuki, Yutaka ^b   Imai, Noriyuki ^b   Yoshida, Katsuya ^a   Komuro, Issei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Chibanishi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary arteries; Electron beam computed tomography; Perspective volume rendering

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE;

AGED; ATHERECTOMY; CALCINOSIS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344306479     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.1064     Document Type: Article

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