In vitro investigation of calcium distribution and tissue thickness in the human thoracic aorta

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 555-566

  Dunmore Buyze, P J ^a,c   Moreau, M ^b   Fenster, A ^a,c,d   Holdsworth, D W ^a,c,d  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ADAC Geometrics Corp   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic lesions; Human thoracic aorta; Imaging; Vascular calcification; Vessel wall thickness

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BLOOD VESSELS; BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CALCIUM;

AORTIC WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS; CALCIUM DISTRIBUTIONS; HUMAN THORACIC AORTA; IN-VITRO; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VESSEL WALL THICKNESS; VESSEL WALLS; WALL THICKNESS;

DISEASES;

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA WALL; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC AORTA; X RAY ANALYSIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036667794     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/23/3/307     Document Type: Article

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