New Post-Imaging Software Provides Fast and Accurate Volume Data from CTA Surveillance after Endovascular Aneurysm Repair

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 887-893

  Yeung, Kay K ^a   Van Der Laan, Maarten J ^a   Wever, Jan J ^a   Van Waes, Paul F G M ^a   Blankensteijn, Jan D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Endovascular repair; Segmentation; Stent graft; Surveillance; Variability measurements; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0346103803     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2003)010<0887:NPSPFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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