Radiography
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 44-50 , February 2007

A new method for measuring coronary artery diameters with CT spatial profile curves

  • Ryoichi Shimamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1138655, Japan
    • ,
  • Jun-ichi Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1138655, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Laboratory Room-213, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1138655, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 3815 5411x33079; fax: +81 3 3814 0021.
    • ,
  • Tadashi Yamazaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1138655, Japan
    • ,
  • Taeko Tsuji

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1138655, Japan
    • ,
  • Yuki Ohmoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1138655, Japan
    • ,
  • Toshihiro Morita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1138655, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroshi Yamashita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1138655, Japan
    • ,
  • Junko Honye

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1138655, Japan
    • ,
  • Ryozo Nagai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1138655, Japan
    • ,
  • Masaaki Akahane

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1138655, Japan
    • ,
  • Kuni Ohtomo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1138655, Japan

Received 12 July 2005 ,Accepted 16 October 2005.

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PII: S1078-8174(05)00151-3

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2005.10.002

Radiography
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