The accuracy of 1- and 3-mm slices in coronary calcium scoring using multi-slice CT in vitro and in vivo

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 321-329

  Mühlenbruch, Georg ^a   Klotz, Ernst ^b   Wildberger, Joachim E ^a   Koos, Ralf ^a   Das, Marco ^a   Niethammer, Matthias ^b   Hohl, Christian ^a   Honnef, Dagmar ^a   Thomas, Christoph ^a   Günther, Rolf W ^a   Mahnken, Andreas H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium scoring; Computed tomography; Coronary calcification; Slice thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846460389     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0332-0     Document Type: Article

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