Separating the left cardiac ventricle from the atrium in short axis MR images using the equation of the atrioventricular plane

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 222-228

  Thunberg, Per ^a   Emilsson, Kent ^a   Rask, Peter ^a   Kähäri, Anders ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ejection fraction; Left atrium; Left ventricle; Separation; Stroke volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; OBSERVER VARIATION; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 45549085241     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2008.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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