Automated axial right ventricle to left ventricle diameter ratio computation in computed tomography pulmonary angiography.

Right Ventricular to Left Ventricular (RV/LV) diameter ratio has been shown to be a prognostic biomarker for patients suffering from acute Pulmonary Embolism (PE). While Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography (CTPA) images used to confirm a clinical suspicion of PE do include information of the h...

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Main Authors: Germán González, Daniel Jiménez-Carretero, Sara Rodríguez-López, Kanako K Kumamaru, Elizabeth George, Raúl San José Estépar, Frank J Rybicki, Maria J Ledesma-Carbayo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4441508?pdf=render