A novel formula for the classification of blood vessels according to symmetry, asymmetry and hypoplasia

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 339-345

  Zurada, A ^a   Gielecki, J S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Blood vessels; Hypoplasia; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CALCULATION; CAMERA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; POLAND; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RENAL ARTERY; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CHILD; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LATEX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 37349116265     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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