Coronary artery calcium quantification with retrospectively gated helical CT: Protocols and techniques

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 213-220

  Carr, J Jeffery ^a   Danitschek, James A ^a   Goff, David C ^a   Crouse Iii, John R ^a   D'agostino, Ralph ^a   Chen, Michael Y M ^a   Burke, Gregory L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Computed tomography; Coronary vascular calcium

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; GATED IMAGING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PITCH; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

CALCIUM; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DIASTOLE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035195102     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010604724001     Document Type: Review

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