Tomographic plaque imaging with CT: Technical considerations and capabilities

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-134

  Rumberger, John A ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; REVIEW; X RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141747180     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-0620(03)00082-3     Document Type: Article

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