Techniques for quantifying coronary artery calcification

Seminars in Ultrasound CT and MRI

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-38

  Girshman, Jeffrey ^a   Wolff, Steven D ^a,b  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0037304267     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2171(03)90023-0     Document Type: Review

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