Influence of heart rate on the detectability and reproducibility of multislice computed tomography for measuring coronary calcium score using a pulsating calcified mock-vessel in comparison with electron beam tomography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-117

  Funabashi, Nobusada ^a   Koide, Kikuyo ^b   Mizuno, Naoko ^b   Nagamura, Kentaro ^b   Ochi, Shigehiro ^a   Yanagawa, Noriyuki ^a   Okamoto, Yumiko ^a   Uno, Kimiichi ^b   Komuro, Issei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nishidai Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART RATE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750491642     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.08.053     Document Type: Article

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