Large-vessel distensibility measurement with electrocardiographically gated multidetector CT: Phantom study and initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 258-266

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Fletcher, Joel G ^a   Vrtiska, Terri J ^a   Manduca, Armando ^a   Thompson, Jess L ^a   Raghavan, Madhavan L ^b   Wentz, Robert J ^a   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548776354     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2451060530     Document Type: Article

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