Centerline analysis of aortic CT angiographic examinations: Benefits and limitations

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Rengier, Fabian ^a,b   Weber, Tim F ^a,b   Giesel, Frederik L ^a   Böckler, Dittmar ^b   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^b   Von Tengg Kobligk, Hendrik ^a,c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Centerline analysis; Computer assisted; Image processing; Spiral CT; Three dimensional imaging

Indexed keywords

AORTA; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65649134790     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1488     Document Type: Article

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