A new method of three-dimensional coronary artery reconstruction from X-ray angiography: Validation against a virtual phantom and multislice computed tomography

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-43

  Andriotis, Adamantios ^a   Zifan, Ali ^a   Gavaises, Manolis ^a   Liatsis, Panos ^a   Pantos, Ioannis ^b,c   Theodorakakos, Andreas ^c   Efstathopoulos, Efstathios P ^b   Katritsis, Demosthenes ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Computed tomography angiography; Coronary angiography; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38549090103     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21414     Document Type: Article

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