Methods for quantification of coronary artery calcifications with electron beam and conventional CT and pushing the spiral CT envelope: New cardiac applications

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 203-211

  Becker, Christoph R ^a   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcification; Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Multirow detector helical CT; Retrospective EKG gating; Selective coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; METOPROLOL;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TACHYCARDIA; TISSUE LEVEL;

ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0035203271     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010652606254     Document Type: Short Survey

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