Coronary Artery Calcification Scoring by Prospectively Triggered Multidetector-Row Computed Tomography: Is It Reproducible?

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-45

  Lawler, Leo P ^a   Horton, Karen M ^a   Scatarige, John C ^a   Phelps, John ^a   Thompson, Richard E ^c   Choi, Leena ^b   Fishman, Elliot K ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcification; Multidetector row computed tomography; Prospectively triggered; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; HEART; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; CONTINUOUS DATA; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORES; CORONARY CALCIUM; DISCRETE DATA; MULTI-DETECTORS; MULTIDETECTOR ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVELY TRIGGERED; REPRODUCIBILITIES;

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0346725964     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200401000-00006     Document Type: Article

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