Identifying the principal modes of variation in human thoracic aorta morphology

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 224-232

  Casciaro, Mariano E ^a,b   Craiem, Damian ^a,b,c,e   Chironi, Gilles ^c,e   Graf, Sebastian ^a,b   Macron, Laurent ^d,e   Mousseaux, Elie ^d,e   Simon, Alain ^c,e   Armentano, Ricardo L ^a  

^a FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c Centre de Médecine Préventive Cardiovasculaire   (Argentina)

^d HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^e ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

3 dimensional arterial modeling; Aortic arch; Noncontrast multislice computed tomography; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; THORACIC AORTA; ALGORITHM; BODY SURFACE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BODY SURFACE AREA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84903791816     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000060     Document Type: Article

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