Computed tomographic cardiovascular imaging

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 113, Issue , 2005, Pages 148-181

  Shinbane, Jerold S ^a   Budoff, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; atherosclerosis; cardiac CT; computed tomography; coronary artery calcification

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOMINERALIZATION; CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; HEART; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIAC CT; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; EPICARDIAL CORONARY ARTERIES; NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENTS; RECONSTRUCTION SOFTWARE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644593608     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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