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Characteristics of plaque progression detected by serial coronary computed tomography angiography
We previously reported that serial coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) had a potential to evaluate the interval change of plaque morphology of coronary arteries. The aim of this study was to evaluat...
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Open Access1127 Optimal scanning conditions for whole-heart coronary MR angiography in clinical practice
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Relatively small size linitis plastica of the stomach: multislice CT detection of tissue fibrosis
Linitis plastica (scirrhous gastric carcinoma) has a poor prognosis due to delay in diagnosis. Pathological feature of this tumor is diffuse fibrosis of the gastric wall. Detection of small fibrotic lesion in ...
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Cardiac imaging using 256-detector row four-dimensional CT: preliminary clinical report
Along with the increase of detector rows on the z-axis and a faster gantry rotation speed, the spatial and temporal resolutions of the multislice computed tomography (CT) have been improved for noninvasive cor...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Automated labeling of bronchial branches in virtual bronchoscopy system
This paper proposes a method for automated labeling of bronchial branches in virtual bronchoscopy system. Anatomical names of bronchial branches are assigned basing upon a set of rules. If it is possible to as...
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Usefulness of helical computed tomography for diagnosis of cystic lesions of the pancreas
Using helical computed tomography (CT), we evaluated cystic pancreatic lesions in 11 patients and compared the imaging and the histopathologic findings. Helical CT allowed us to assess the tumor vasculature. C...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A fast rendering method using the tree structure of objects in virtualized bronchus endoscope system
In this report we present a fast rendering method using tree structure of the object and its application to virtualized endoscope system (VBE). VBE enables users to navigate and observe inside the bronchus ext...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Automated Extraction and Visualization of Bronchus from 3D CT Images of Lung
In this paper we present a procedure to extract bronchus area from 3D CT images of lung taken by helical CT scanner and to visualize it as a 3D shaded image. The extraction procedure consists of 3D region grow...