Measurement of Vascular Diameter In Vitro by Automated Software for CT Angiography: Effects of Inner Diameter, Density of Contrast Medium, and Convolution Kernel

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1313-1317

  Suzuki, Shigeru ^a   Furui, Shigeru ^a   Kaminaga, Tatsuro ^a   Yamauchi, Teiyu ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACCURACY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENSITY; ERROR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1942501529     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.5.1821313     Document Type: Article

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