Three-dimensional volume rendering of the ankle based on magnetic resonance images enables the generation of images comparable to real anatomy

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 215, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 592-599

  Anastasi, Giuseppe ^a   Cutroneo, Giuseppina ^a   Bruschetta, Daniele ^a   Trimarchi, Fabio ^a   Ielitro, Giuseppe ^b   Cammaroto, Simona ^b   Duca, Antonio ^a   Bramanti, Placido ^b   Favaloro, Angelo ^a   Vaccarino, Gianluigi ^a   Milardi, Demetrio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ankle; MRI; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUNTEER;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANKLE; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049154041     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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