New method of measuring coronary diameter by electron-beam computed tomographic angiography using adjusted thresholds determined by calibration with aortic opacity

Circulation Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 769-777

  Funabashi, Nobusada ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshiki ^b   Kudo, Masayuki ^c   Asano, Miki ^a   Teramoto, Kiyomi ^a   Komuro, Issei ^a   Rubin, Geoffrey D ^d  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Osaka City University   (Japan)

^c GE Yokokawa Medical Systems   (Japan)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjusted thresholds; Coronary artery; Electron beam computed tomography; Quantitative coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CINEANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESCENDING AORTA; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

AORTA, THORACIC; CALIBRATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3843113149     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.68.769     Document Type: Article

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