Comparison of coronary artery calcium screening image quality between C-150 and e-Speed electron beam scanners

Academic Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 309-312

  Budoff, Matthew J ^a   Shinbane, Jerold S ^a   Oudiz, Ronald J ^a   Child, Janis ^a   Carson, Sivi ^a   Chau, Alex ^a   Tseng, Philip ^a   Gao, Yanlin ^a   Mao, Songshou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Computed tomography; Coronary artery; Coronary artery calcium; Electron beam; Image quality

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SCREENING;

EID: 14844354562     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2004.09.014     Document Type: Article

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