Influence of increasing convolution kernel filtering on plaque imaging with multislice CT using an ex-vivo model of Coronary Angiography;Influenza dei filtri di convoluzione sulla misurazione dei valori di attenuazione della placca durante Angiografia Coronarica mediante TC multistrato

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-240

  Cademartiri, Filippo ^a,f   Runza, Giuseppe ^b   Mollet, Nico R ^a   Luccichenti, Giacomo ^c   Belgrano, Manuel ^d   Somers, Pamela ^e   Knaapen, Michiel ^e   Verheye, Stefan ^e   Bruining, Nico ^a   Hamers, Ronald ^a   Midiri, Massimo ^b   De Feyter, Pim J ^a   Krestin, Gabriel P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Fondazione Biomedica Europea   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f Erasmus Medical Center ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Convolution Kemels; Coronary Angiography; Coronary Plaque; Multislice Computed Tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGING; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE;

EID: 27944458040     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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