Variability of maximal aortic aneurysm diameter measurements on CT scan: Significance and methods to minimize

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 811-815

  Cayne, Neal S ^a,b   Veith, Frank J ^a,c   Lipsitz, Evan C ^a,c   Ohki, Takao ^a,c   Mehta, Manish ^a,c   Gargiulo, Nick ^a,c   Suggs, William D ^a,c   Rozenblit, Alla ^a,c   Ricci, Zina ^a,c   Timaran, Carlos H ^a,c  

^a Department of Vascular Surgery ^*

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 12144287134     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2003.11.042     Document Type: Article

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