Feasibility of automatic assessment of four-chamber cardiac function with MDCT: Initial clinical application and validation

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 175-181

  Abadi, Sobhi ^a   Roguin, Ariel ^a   Engel, Ahuva ^a   Lessick, Jonathan ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automated MDCT data analysis; Left atrium; Left ventricular function; Multidetector computed tomography; Myocardial infarction; Right atrium; Right ventricular function

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; LEFT ATRIUMS; LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RIGHT VENTRICULAR;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA HANDLING; DIAGNOSIS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; HEART; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950071066     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.01.035     Document Type: Article

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