Geometrical accuracy and fusion of multimodal vascular images: A phantom study

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1434-1443

  Boussion, Nicolas ^a   Soulez, Gilles ^a   De Guise, Jacques A ^a   Daronat, Michel ^a   Qin, Zhao ^a   Cloutier, Guy ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Geometrical accuracy; Image fusion; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical imaging; Ultrasonography; Vascular phantom; X ray angiography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ERRORS; FUZZY LOGIC; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

GEOMETRICAL ACCURACY; IMAGE FUSION METHODS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MEAN RELATIVE ERROR; MUTUAL INFORMATIONS; VASCULAR PHANTOMS; X RAY ANGIOGRAPHY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGE FUSION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; MEGLUMINE IOTALAMATE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR DISEASE; X RAY;

EID: 3042645239     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1751124     Document Type: Article

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