Three-dimensional geometrical characterization of cerebral aneurysms

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 264-273

  Ma, Baoshun ^a   Harbaugh, Robert E ^b   Raghavan, Madhavan L ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular biomechanics; Curvature; Geometrical indices; Geometry; Intracranial aneurysm; Shape

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR BIOMECHANICS; GEOMETRICAL INDICES; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; SHAPE; SUB-ARACHNOID HEMORRAGE (SAH);

ANGIOGRAPHY; ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA REDUCTION; GEOMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2942590567     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ABME.0000012746.31343.92     Document Type: Article

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