Clinical validation of a software for quantitative follow-up of abdominal aortic aneurysm maximal diameter and growth by CT angiography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 502-508

  Kauffmann, Claude ^a   Tang, An ^b   Dugas, Alexandre ^a   Therasse, Éric ^b   Oliva, Vincent ^b   Soulez, Gilles ^b  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D segmentation; Abdominal aortic aneurysm; CTA; D max follow up; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952992342     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.07.027     Document Type: Article

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