Imaging modalities for the thoracic aorta

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 429-447

  von Tengg Kobligk, H ^a   Weber, T F ^b   Rengier, F ^a   Kotelis, D ^b   Geisbusch P ^b   Bockler D ^b   Schumacher, H ^c   Ley, S ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Academic Teaching Hospital Hanau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aorta, thoracic; Image postprocessing, computer assisted; Imaging, three dimensional; Magnetic resonance angiography; Tomography, x ray computed

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AORTA DISEASE; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 55449125701     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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