Effect of Scanner Type on The Reproducibility of Extracoronary Measures of Calcification: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Academic Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1043-1049

  Budoff, Matthew J ^a   Katz, Ronit ^b   Wong, Nathan D ^c   Nasir, Khurram ^d   Mao, Song Shou ^a   Takasu, Junichiro ^a   Kronmal, Richard ^b,c   Detrano, Robert C ^b   Shavelle, David M ^a   Blumenthal, Roger S ^e   O'Brien, Kevin D ^b   Carr, J Jeffrey ^f  

^a LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; computed tomography; Coronary calcium; coronary heart disease; reproducibility

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA VALVE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIFICATION; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KAPPA STATISTICS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THORACIC AORTA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CALIFORNIA; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547851764     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.05.021     Document Type: Article

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