Dangerous advances in measurements from digital subtraction angiography: When is a millimeter not a millimeter?

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 459-461

  Fox, A J ^a,f   Millar, J ^b   Raymond, J ^c   Pryor, J C ^d   Roy, D ^c   Tomlinson, G A ^a   McKay, J P ^a   Molyneux, A J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPACT DISK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; REVIEW;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CALIBRATION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; SOFTWARE;

EID: 64549100340     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1381     Document Type: Review

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