Comparison of volume and diameter measurement in assessing small abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion examined using computed tomographic angiography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-47

  Parr, Adam ^a   Jayaratne, Chanaka ^a   Buttner, Petra ^a   Golledge, Jonathan ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Computed tomography; Volume

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFRARENAL AORTA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650517967     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.12.018     Document Type: Article

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