Automated short-axis cardiac magnetic resonance image acquisitions: Accuracy of left ventricular dimension measurements in normal subjects and patients

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 747-755

  Danilouchkine, Mikhail G ^a   Westenberg, Jos J M ^a   Reiber, Johan H C ^a   Lelieveldt, Boudewijn P F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Automated planning; Cardiovascular MRI; Global function; Left ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 9244247635     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-200412000-00006     Document Type: Article

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