Blood pool inversion volume-rendering technique for visualization of the aortic valve

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 366-371

  Entrikin, Daniel W ^a   Carr, J Jeffrey ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Blood pool inversion; Cardiac CTA; Computed tomographic angiography; Opacity transfer function; Valve imaging; Volume render

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD POOL INVERSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; AORTIC VALVE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56949089597     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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