Reproducibility of electron-beam CT measures of aortic valve calcification

Academic Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1122-1127

  Budoff, Matthew J ^a   Mao, Songshou ^a   Takasu, Junichiro ^a   Shavelle, David M ^a   Zhao, Xue Qiao ^b   O'Brien, Kevin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta, calcification; Computed tomography (CT), electron beam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0036787378     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80513-5     Document Type: Article

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