Multidetector-row CT of the heart

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 491-505

  Schoepf, U Joseph ^a   Becket, Christoph R ^b   Hofmann, Lars K ^a   Yucel, E Kent ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLANAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0038583634     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(03)00033-2     Document Type: Review

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