Application of micro-computed tomography with iodine staining to cardiac imaging, segmentation, and computational model development

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-17

  Aslanidi, Oleg V ^a   Nikolaidou, Theodora ^b   Zhao, Jichao ^c   Smaill, Bruce H ^c   Gilbert, Stephen H ^d   Holden, Arun V ^e   Lowe, Tristan ^f   Withers, Philip J ^f   Stephenson, Robert S ^g   Jarvis, Jonathan C ^g   Hancox, Jules C ^h   Boyett, Mark R ^b   Zhang, Henggui ^f  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE CARDIO THORACIQUE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal models and imaging; heart; tissue modelling; X ray imaging and computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIAC MODEL; CARDIOVASCULAR STRUCTURES; CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUES; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; EX-VIVO; HIGH RESOLUTION; IODINE STAINING; MICRO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MICRO-CT); MICRO CT; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONDESTRUCTIVE IMAGING; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; PULMONARY ARTERY; SKELETAL TISSUES; SMALL ANIMAL; STRUCTURE TENSORS; TISSUE IMAGES; X-RAY MICRO-CT;

ANIMALS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COLLAGEN; HEART; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IODINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

IODINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE DERIVATIVE; IODINE POTASSIUM IODIDE;

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE PREPARATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DOG; HEART; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY VESSELS; DOGS; FEMALE; HEART; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IODINE COMPOUNDS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871959161     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2012.2209183     Document Type: Article

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