Improving mass measurement of coronary artery calcification using threshold correction and thin collimation in multi-detector row computed tomography: In vitro experiment

Academic Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 969-977

  Hong, Cheng ^a   Pilgram, Thomas K ^a   Zhu, Fang ^a   Joe, Bonnie N ^a   Towler, Dwight A ^b   Bae, Kyongtae T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Computed tomography (CT); Coronary vessels; Screening

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; APPARATUS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042318634     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)00111-9     Document Type: Article

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