Automated CTA quantification of internal carotid artery stenosis: A pilot trial

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-76

  Bucek, Robert A ^a,c   Puchner, Stefan ^a   Kanitsar, Armin ^b   Rand, Thomas ^a   Lammer, Johannes ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automated analysis; Computed tomographic angiography; Digital subtraction angiography; Internal carotid artery; Multidetector CTA; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; AUTOMATION; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847243292     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/06-1905.1     Document Type: Article

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