Aging impact on thoracic aorta 3D morphometry in intermediate-risk subjects: Looking beyond coronary arteries with non-contrast cardiac CT

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1028-1038

  Craiem, Damian ^a,b   Chironi, Gilles ^c,d,e   Redheuil, Alban ^c,d,f   Casciaro, Mariano ^a,b   Mousseaux, Elie ^c,d,f   Simon, Alain ^c,d,e   Armentano, Ricardo L ^a  

^a FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^b CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Aorta 3D reconstruction; Aorta tortuosity; Aorta volume; Aortic arch uncoiling

Indexed keywords

3D RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA TORTUOSITY; AORTA VOLUME; AORTIC ARCH; AXIAL PLANES; CARDIAC CT; CENTERLINES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DATA SETS; MEAN DIAMETER; MORPHOMETRY; OBLIQUE PLANES; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; SEGMENTATION PROCESS; SEMIAUTOMATIC METHODS; THORACIC AORTA; VESSEL CURVATURES;

AGING OF MATERIALS; ARCHES; BIOMINERALIZATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BLOOD VESSELS;

AGING; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC AORTA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGING; AORTA, THORACIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862018023     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0487-y     Document Type: Article

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