Reproducibility and accuracy of coronary calcium measurements with multi-detector row versus electron-beam CT

Radiology

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 113-119

  Kopp, Andreas F ^a   Ohnesorge, Bernd ^a   Becker, Christoph ^a   Schröder, Stephen ^a   Heuschmid, Martin ^a   Küttner, Axel ^a   Kuzo, Ronald ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcification; CT; Experimental study heart; Heart; Phantoms

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM; HEART BEAT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0036789156     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2251010173     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Wexler L Brundage B, Crouse J, et al. Coronary artery calcification: pathophysiology, epidemiology, imaging methods, and clinical implications. Circulation 1996; 94:1175-1192.
2. Sechtem U. Electron beam computed tomography: on its way into mainstream cardiology? Eur Heart J 2000; 21:87-91.
3. Flamm SD. Coronary arterial calcium screening: ready for prime time? Radiology 1998; 208:571-572.
4. Devries S, Wolfkiel CJ, Shah V, Chomka E, Rich S. Reproducibility of the measurement of coronary calcium with ultrafast CT. Am J Cardiol 1995; 75:973-975.
5. Shields JP, Mielke CH, Rockwood TH, Short RA, Viren FK. Reliability of electron beam computed tomography to detect coronary artery calcification. Am J Card Imaging 1995; 9:62-66.
6. Bielak LF, Kaufmann RB, Moll PP, McCollough CH, Schwartz RS, Sheedy PF. Small lesions in the heart identified at electron beam CT: calcification or noise? Radiology 1994; 192:631-636.
7. Hernigou A, Challande P, Boudeville JC, Sene V, Grataloup C, Plainfosse MC. Reproducibility of coronary calcification detection with electron-beam computed tomography. Eur Radiol 1996; 6:210-216.
8. Wang S, Detrano RC, Secci A, et al. Detection of coronary calcification with electron-beam computed tomography: evaluation of interexamination reproducibility and comparison of three image-acquisition protocols. Am Heart J 1996; 132:550-558.
9. Hoeg JM, Feuerstein IM, Tucker EE. Detection and quantification of calcific atherosclerosis by ultrafast computed tomography in children and young adults with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1994; 14:1066-1074.
10. Callister TQ, Cooil B, Raya SP, Lippolis NJ, Russo DJ, Raggi P. Coronary artery disease: improved reproducibility of calcium scoring with an electron-beam CT volumetric method. Radiology 1998; 208:807-814.
11. Kopp AF, Ohnesorge B, Flohr T, Schroeder S, Claussen CD. Multidetector-row CT for the noninvasive detection of high-grade coronary artery stenoses and occlusions: first results (abstr). Radiology 1999; 213(P):435.
12. Klingenbeck-Regn K, Schaller S, Flohr T, Ohnesorge B, Kopp AF, Baum U. Subsecond multislice computed tomography: basics and applications. Eur J Radiol 1999; 31:110-124.
13. Agatston A, Janowitz WR, Hildner FJ, Zusmer NR, Viamonte M Jr, Detrano R. Quantification of coronary artery calcium using ultrafast computed tomography. J Am Coll Cardiol 1990; 15:827-832.
14. Kajinami K, Seki H, Takekoshi N, Mabuchi H. Quantification of coronary artery calcification using ultrafast computed tomography: reproducibility of measurements. Coron Artery Dis 1993; 4:1103-1108.
15. Broderick LS, Shemesh J, Wilensky RL. Measurement of coronary artery calcium with dual-slice helical CT compared with coronary angiography: evaluation of CT scoring methods, interobserver variations, and reproducibility. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1996; 167:439-444.
16. Ohnesorge B, Flohr T, Kopp AF, et al. Cardiac imaging by means of electrocardiographically gated multisection spiral CT: initial experience. Radiology 2000; 217:564-571.
17. Ohnesorge B, Flohr T, Becker C, et al. Herzbildgebung mit schneller, retrospektiv EKG-synchronisierter mehrschichtspiral-CT. Radiologe 2000; 40:111-117.