Fractal dimension analysis of MDCT images for quantifying the morphological changes of the pulmonary artery tree in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-296

  Haitao, Sun ^a   Ning, Li ^a   Lijun, Guo ^a   Fei, Gao ^a   Cheng, Liu ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Fractal dimension; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROCOMPUTER; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 79955753885     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2011.12.3.289     Document Type: Article

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