Automated software supported versus manual aorto-iliac diameter measurements in CT angiography of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms: Assessment of inter- and intraobserver variation

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 255-261

  Diehm, Nicolas ^a   Baumgartner, I ^a   Silvestro, A ^a   Hermann, P ^b   Triller, J ^b   Schmidli, J ^b   Do, D D ^a   Dinkel, H P ^b  

^a Kantonsspital Frauenfeld   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dilatative arteriopathy; Endovascular therapy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGING; MALE; MANUAL MULTI ROW DETECTOR CT ANGIOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 28344453174     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.34.4.255     Document Type: Article

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