Non invasive imaging of coronary arteries with 64-slice CT and 1.5T MRI: Challenging invasive techniques

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Cademartiri, Filippo ^a,d   Palumbo, Anselmo Alessandro ^a   Maffei, Erica ^a   La Grutta, Ludovico ^b   Casolo, Giancarlo ^c   Aldrovandi, Annachiara ^a   Reverberi, Claudio ^a   Brambilla, Valerio ^d   Coruzzi, Paolo ^d   Beghi, Cesare ^a   Ardissino, Diego ^a   Crist, Girolamo ^a   Zompatori, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Della Versilia   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

64 slice CT; Coronary atherosclerosis; Coronary imaging; Magnetic resonance; Multislice CT; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; REVIEW;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447524914     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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