Variability of ascending aorta diameter measurements as assessed with electrocardiography-gated multidetector computerized tomography and computer assisted diagnosis software

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-221

  Lu, Tri Linh Christian ^a   Rizzo, Elena ^a   Marques Vidal, Pedro Manuel ^a   Von Segesser, Ludwig Karl ^a   Dehmeshki, Jamshid ^b   Qanadli, Salah Dine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascending aorta diameter; Centerline based segmentation software; Computer aided diagnosis; ECG gated computed tomography; Interobserver variability; Intraobserver variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 75449109413     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.216275     Document Type: Conference Paper

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