Evaluation of reconstruction windows for multislice computed tomography in quantification of coronary calcium

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 108-118

  Gerber, Thomas C ^a   O'Brien, Peter C ^b   Pastor, Kathy ^a   Kuzo, Ronald S ^a   Blackshear, Joseph L ^a   Morin, Richard L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary calcium; Methods; Multislice computed tomography; Quantification

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RR INTERVAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0037303689     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-200302000-00006     Document Type: Article

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