Clinical validation of an automated vessel-segmentation software of the extracranial-carotid arteries based on 3D-MRA: A prospective study

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 278-285

  Guzman, R ^a   Lovblad, K O ^a,b   Altrichter, S ^b   Remonda, L ^a   de Koning, P ^c   Andres, R H ^a   El Koussy, M ^b   Kelly, M E ^d   Reiber, J H C ^c   Schroth, G ^a   Oswald, H ^b   Barth, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Carotid endarterectomy; Magnetic resonance angiography; Vessel segmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 57049188267     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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