Visual analysis of cardiac 4D MRI blood flow using line predicates

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 900-912

  Born, Silvia ^a   Pfeifle, Matthias ^b   Markl, Michael ^c   Gutberlet, Matthias ^d   Scheuermann, Gerik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

4D MRI; Flow visualization; line predicates; medical visualization

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; CARDIAC PATHOLOGIES; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ROUTINE; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS; LINE PREDICATES; MEDICAL VISUALIZATION;

DIAGNOSIS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEART; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

EID: 84876136148     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2012.318     Document Type: Article

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