Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 366-371 , November 2008

Blood pool inversion volume-rendering technique for visualization of the aortic valve

  • Daniel W. Entrikin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1088, USA
    • Department of Internal Medicine Section on Cardiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • J. Jeffrey Carr, MD, FACC, FAHA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1088, USA
    • Department of Internal Medicine Section on Cardiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
    • Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1088, USA

Received 23 August 2008 ,Accepted 20 September 2008.

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 Supplementary material for this article may be found at http://www.cardiacctjournal.com

 Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1934-5925(08)00617-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2008.09.004

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 366-371 , November 2008

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