True four-dimensional analysis of thoracic aortic displacement and distension using model-based segmentation of computed tomography angiography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 185-194

  Weber, Tim F ^a   Müller, Tobias ^a   Biesdorf, Andreas ^b   Wörz, Stefan ^b   Rengier, Fabian ^a   Heye, Tobias ^c   Holland Letz, Tim ^d   Rohr, Karl ^b   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a   Von Tengg Kobligk, Hendrik ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac gated imaging techniques; Computer assisted image interpretation; Heart; Thoracic aorta; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISEASE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA DISPLACEMENT; THORACIC AORTA DISTENSION;

ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTOGRAPHY; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84898864384     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-013-0307-6     Document Type: Article

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