Imaging techniques: Non-invasive coronary artery imaging with electron beam computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging

Heart

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 442-448

  de Feyter, P J ^a   Nieman, K ^a   van Ooijen, P ^a   Oudkerk, M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TRANSPLANTATION;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART DISEASES; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034297142     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.84.4.442     Document Type: Article

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