Comparison of two different software systems for electron-beam CT- derived quantification of coronary calcification

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 767-773

  Adamzik, Michael ^a   Schmermund, Axel ^a,b   Reed, Judd E ^a   Adamzik, Stephanie ^a   Behrenbeck, Thomas ^a   Sheedy II, Patrick F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Area; Calcium; Reproducibility; Score

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032704094     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199912000-00006     Document Type: Article

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