Forty-slice spiral computed tomography of the coronary arteries: Assessment of image quality and diagnostic accuracy in a non-selected patient population

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-44

  Grosse, C ^a   Globits, S ^b   Hergan, K ^b  

^a Institute Fruehwald St Poelten   (Austria)

^b Karl Landsteiner Institute for Implementation of Innovative Techniques in Cardiac Surgery   (Austria)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Computed tomography; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE QUALITY; PATIENT MONITORING;

ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; INVASIVE CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY (ICA);

DIAGNOSIS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33847298051     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850601045096     Document Type: Article

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