Online PC-based integration of digital intracoronary ultrasound images into angiographic images during cardiac catheterization

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-293

  Sievers, Burkhard ^a   Böse, Dirk ^a   Sack, Stefan ^a   Philipp, Sebastian ^a   Wieneke, Heinrich ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac catheterization; Intravascular ultrasound; Online integration

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIGITAL IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROCOMPUTERS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 47749123311     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.05.112     Document Type: Article

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