Influence of intracoronary attenuation on coronary plaque measurements using multislice computed tomography: Observations in an ex vivo model of coronary computed tomography angiography

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1426-1431

  Cademartiri, Filippo ^a   Mollet, Nico R ^a   Runza, Giuseppe ^b   Bruining, Nico ^a   Hamers, Ronald ^a   Somers, Pamela ^c   Knaapen, Michiel ^c   Verheye, Stefan ^c   Midiri, Massimo ^b   Krestin, Gabriel P ^a   de Feyter, Pim J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary plaque attenuation; Ex vivo experiment; Multislice computed tomography; Vascular attenuation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CADAVER; CALCINOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOPAMIDOL; PLANT OILS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 22144467378     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2697-x     Document Type: Article

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