Reformatted Four-Chamber and Short-Axis Views of the Heart Using Thin Section (≤2 mm) MDCT Images

Academic Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1108-1112

  Lu, Michael T ^a,b   Ersoy, Hale ^a,b   Whitmore, Amanda G ^a   Lipton, Martin J ^a,b   Rybicki, Frank J ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular; computed tomography angiography; Image processing; pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547839733     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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