Evaluation of left atrial function by multidetector computed tomography before left atrial radiofrequency-catheter ablation: Comparison of a manual and automated 3D volume segmentation method

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Wolf, Florian ^a   Ourednicek, Petr ^b   Loewe, Christian ^a   Richter, Bernhard ^a   Gössinger, Heinz David ^a   Gwechenberger, Marianne ^a   Plank, Christina ^a   Schernthaner, Rüdiger Egbert ^a   Toepker, Michael ^a   Lammer, Johannes ^a   Feuchtner, Gudrun M ^c,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial function; Cardiac CT; Computed tomography; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; AUTOMATION; CATHETERS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION METHODS; DISEASES; FUNCTION EVALUATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATIONS; PEARSON'S CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; RADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER ABLATION; VOLUMETRY;

MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 77955850958     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.03.020     Document Type: Article

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