Comparison of maximum intensity projection and digitally reconstructed radiographic projection for carotid artery stenosis measurement

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2968-2974

  Hyde, Derek E ^a,b,d   Habets, Damiaan F ^a,b   Fox, Allan J ^a,c,e,f   Gulka, Irene ^c   Kalapos, Paul ^c,g   Lee, Don H ^a,c   Pelz, David M ^a,c   Holdsworth, David W ^a,b,c  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; Cerebral vasculature; Cone beam CT; Contrast enhanced angiography; Digital subtraction angiography; MIP image artifacts

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; GRADING; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CEREBRAL VASCULATURE; CONE-BEAM CT; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ARTIFACTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; STUDENT T TEST; IMAGE PROCESSING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34347401256     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2747305     Document Type: Article

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