Automated quantitation of pericardiac fat from noncontrast CT

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-153

  Dey, Damini ^a,b   Suzuki, Yasuyuki ^a   Suzuki, Shoji ^a   Ohba, Muneo ^a   Slomka, Piotr J ^a,b   Polk, Donna ^a,b   Shaw, Leslee J ^c   Berman, Daniel S ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal visceral fat; Coronary calcium screening; CT quantitation; Noncontrast CT; Pericardial fat

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 38149004967     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31815a054a     Document Type: Article

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