Heartbeat-related displacement of the thoracic aorta in patients with chronic aortic dissection type B: Quantification by dynamic CTA

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 483-488

  Weber, Tim F ^a   Ganten, Maria Katharina ^b   Böckler, Dittmar ^a   Geisbüsch, Philipp ^a   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a   von Tengg Kobligk, Hendrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic dissection; Computed tomography angiography; Endovascular aortic repair

Indexed keywords

AORTIC ARCH; AORTIC DISSECTION; AORTIC WALLS; BREATH-HOLD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR; IN-PLANE; MEAN DISPLACEMENT; MULTIPLANAR REFORMATION; REGION OF INTEREST; SLICE THICKNESS; THORACIC AORTA; TIME INSTANCES; TRACTION FORCES; UNBALANCED DISTRIBUTION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; REPAIR; TRACTION (FRICTION);

BLOOD VESSELS;

ADULT; AORTA ANOMALY; AORTA ARCH; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BREATH HOLDING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; THORAIC AORTA DISPLACEMENT;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70449624091     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.07.045     Document Type: Article

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