Impact of image analysis methodology on diagnostic and surgical classification of patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 904-912

  Mendoza, Dorinna D ^a   Kochar, Minisha ^a   Devereux, Richard B ^a   Basson, Craig T ^a   Min, James K ^a   Holmes, Kathryn ^b   Dietz, Harry C ^b   Milewicz, Dianna M ^c   Lemaire, Scott A ^d   Pyeritz, Reed E ^e   Bavaria, Joseph E ^e   Maslen, Cheryl L ^f   Song, Howard ^f   Kroner, Barbara L ^g   Eagle, Kim A ^h   Weinsaft, Jonathan W ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

EID: 80052805883     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.130     Document Type: Article

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