Discrepancies in determination of abdominal aortic aneurysms maximum diameter and growth rate, using axial and orhtogonal computed tomography measurements

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1398-1403

  Kontopodis, Nikolaos ^a   Metaxa, Eleni ^b   Gionis, Michalis ^a   Papaharilaou, Yannis ^b   Ioannou, Christos V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aneurysm enlargement; Aortic aneurysm; Computed tomography imaging; Follow up

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84881158940     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.04.031     Document Type: Article

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