Opening plenary session: 1998: Coronary artery calcification as an indicator of preclinical coronary artery disease

Radiographics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1409-1419

  Stanford, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), electron beam, 54.12119; Computed tomography (CT), helical, 54.12115 Coronary vessels, calcification, 54.812; Coronary vessels, CT, 54.12115, 54.12119, Coronary vessels, stenosis or obstruction, 54.76

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0033228221     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.19.6.g99no071409     Document Type: Conference Paper

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