Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 367-374 , September 2010

Graph-matching-based computed tomography angiography in peripheral arterial occlusive disease

  • Carolin Brockmann

      Affiliations

    • Medical Faculty Mannheim, Department of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Medical Faculty of Mannheim, Department of Radiology und Nuclear Medicine, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany. Tel.: +49 621 383 2276; fax: +49 621 383 3817.
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  • Susanne Jochum

      Affiliations

    • Medical Faculty Mannheim, Department of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Jürgen Hesser

      Affiliations

    • Medical Faculty Mannheim, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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  • Dzmitry Maksimov

      Affiliations

    • Medical Faculty Mannheim, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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  • Andreas Schnitzer

      Affiliations

    • Medical Faculty Mannheim, Department of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Christel Weiss

      Affiliations

    • Medical Faculty Mannheim, Institute of Medical Statistics, University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Patricius Diezler

      Affiliations

    • Medical Faculty Mannheim, Department of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Stefan O. Schoenberg

      Affiliations

    • Medical Faculty Mannheim, Department of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Steffen Diehl

      Affiliations

    • Medical Faculty Mannheim, Department of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Received 15 September 2009 ,Accepted 8 October 2009.

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☆ C. Brockmann and S. Jochum contributed equally to this study.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.10.034

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 367-374 , September 2010

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