Evaluation of an improved technique for automated center lumen line definition in cardiovascular image data

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 391-398

  Gratama van Andel, Hugo A F ^a,b   Meijering, Erik ^a   van der Lugt, Aad ^a   Vrooman, Henri A ^a   de Monyé, Cecile ^a   Stokking, Rik ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arteries; Computed tomography (CT), angiography; Computers, diagnostic aid; Diagnostic radiology, observer performance; Images, analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BONE STRUCTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 31444446121     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2854-2     Document Type: Article

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