Extraction and Quantitative Analysis of Aneurysmal Aorta for Aiding Endovascular Stent Grafting

Systems and Computers in Japan

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 58-67

  Imamura, Hiroshi ^a   Sugimoto, Naozo ^a   Eiho, Shigeru ^a   Urayama, Shin Ichi ^b   Ueno, Katsuya ^c   Inoue, Kanji ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c Center for Cerebrovascular Disease   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; CTA; Intervention; Medial axis; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; CTA; MEDIAL AXIS; STENT GRAFTS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 1642365686     PISSN: 08821666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/scj.10223     Document Type: Article

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