Abdominal aortic aneurysms: Virtual imaging and analysis through a remote web server

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 348-352

  Neri, Emanuele ^a   Bargellini, Irene ^a   Rieger, Michael ^b   Giachetti, Andrea ^c   Vignali, Claudio ^a   Tuveri, Massimiliano ^c   Jaschke, Werner ^b   Bartolozzi, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c CRS4   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Computed tomography angiography post processing; Endoluminalaneurysm repair; Internet

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; POSTAL MAIL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; INTERNET; SOFTWARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 12544258826     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2500-4     Document Type: Article

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