Accuracy of density measurements within plaques located in artificial coronary arteries by X-ray multislice CT: Results of a phantom study

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 900-906

  Schroeder, Stephen ^a,c   Flohr, Thomas ^b   Kopp, Andreas F ^a   Meisner, Christoph ^a   Kuettner, Axel ^a   Herdeg, Christian ^a   Baumbach, Andreas ^a   Ohnesorge, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography, multislice; Coronary artery disease; Plaques, coronary

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; HEART; PHANTOMS;

CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, MULTISLICE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORONARY ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; MULTI SLICES; MULTISLICE CT; PHANTOM STUDIES; PLAQUE MORPHOLOGY; PLAQUE, CORONARY;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CORONARY ARTERY; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DENSITY; METHODOLOGY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0035183172     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200111000-00013     Document Type: Article

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