CT and MRI of coronary artery disease: Evidence-based review

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2006, Pages

  Attili, Anil K ^a   Cascade, Philip N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Coronary artery disease; CT angiography; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33751192077     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.0309     Document Type: Review

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