In vitro atherosclerotic plaque and calcium quantitation by intravascular ultrasound and electron-beam computed tomography

American Heart Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 899-906

  Gutfinger, Dan E ^b   Leung, Cyril Y ^b   Hiro, Takafumi ^b   Maheswaran, Bavani ^b   Nakamura, Shigeru ^b   Detrano, Robert ^b   Kang, Xingping ^b   Tang, Weiyi ^b   Tobis, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030008025     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90171-4     Document Type: Article

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