Threshold-dependent variability of coronary artery calcification measurements - Implications for contrast-enhanced multi-detector row-computed tomography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 390-395

  Moselewski, Fabian ^a   Ferencik, Maros ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a,b   Abbara, Suhny ^a   Cury, Ricardo C ^a   Booth, Sarah L ^c   Jang, Ik Kyung ^a   Brady, Thomas J ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Computed tomography (CT); Coronary vessels; Experimental studies

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA;

CALCIFICATION; CORONARY VESSELS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CALCINOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 32844467035     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2005.12.026     Document Type: Article

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