Localizing calcifications in cardiac CT data sets using a new vessel segmentation approach

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-257

  Wesarg, Stefan ^a   Khan, M Fawad ^b   Firle, Evelyn A ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER IGD   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcification; Computed tomography; Coronary arteries; Image analysis; Vessel segmentation; Visualization

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC CT DATA SETS; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFUNCTIONS; CORONARY ARTERIES; VESSEL SEGMENTATION;

BLOOD VESSELS; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DATA STRUCTURES; DISEASES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SCANNING; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

IOPROMIDE;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33748616268     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-006-9947-6     Document Type: Article

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