Detection of coronary calcification with electron-beam computed tomography: Evaluation of interexamination reproducibility and comparison of three image-acquisition protocols

American Heart Journal

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 550-558

  Wang, Shaojun ^a   Detrano, Robert C ^a   Secci, Angelo ^a   Tang, Weiyi ^a   Doherty, Terence M ^a   Puentes, Gail ^a   Wong, Nathan ^a   Brundage, Bruce H ^a  

^a St John's Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0029859989     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90237-9     Document Type: Article

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