Assessment of left atrial function using multi-slice CT images

Computers in Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2007, Pages 85-88

  Hu, W C ^a   Wu, M H ^a   Tsao, H M ^c   Lin, C C ^b   Shyu, L Y ^a   Wang, J J ^d  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LUNGHWA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOURS; CALIBRATION STANDARDS; CARDIAC IMAGES; CONTRAST MEDIUMS; EJECTION FRACTIONS; LEFT ATRIUMS; MULTI-SLICE CT IMAGES; PROCESSED INFORMATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; R-R INTERVALS;

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 62249122092     PISSN: 02766574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CIC.2007.4745427     Document Type: Conference Paper

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