Thick maximum intensity projections for the assessment of left ventricular function with 64-slice computed tomography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 746-752

  Husmann, Lars ^a   Leschka, Sebastian ^a   Desbiolles, Lotus ^a   Schepis, Tiziano ^a   Koepfli, Pascal ^a   Gaemperli, Oliver ^a   Seifert, Burkhardt ^a   Flohr, Thomas G ^b   Frauenfelder, Thomas ^a   Marincek, Borut ^a   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

64 slice CT; Left ventricular volume and function; Thick maximum intensity projection

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM INTENSITY PROJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RR INTERVAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 33748746126     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000236906.05265.4f     Document Type: Article

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