CT-based pulmonary artery measurements for the assessment of pulmonary hypertension

Academic Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 523-530

  Corson, Neal ^a   Armato, Samuel G ^a   Labby, Zacariah E ^a   Straus, Christopher ^a   Starkey, Adam ^a   Gomberg Maitland, Mardi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Pulmonary arterial pressure; Pulmonary artery diameter; Pulmonary hypertension; Vessel measurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAIN PULMONARY ARTERY AORTA DIAMETER RATIO; MAIN PULMONARY ARTERY DIAMETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PULMONARY ARTERY DIAMETER; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; VESSEL MEASUREMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896894358     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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