Variability of repeated coronary artery calcium measurements by 1.25-mm- and 2.5-mm-thickness images on prospective electrocardiograph-triggered 64-slice CT

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-216

  Horiguchi, Jun ^a   Matsuura, Noriaki ^a   Yamamoto, Hideya ^b   Hirai, Nobuhiko ^a   Kiguchi, Masao ^a   Fujioka, Chikako ^a   Kitagawa, Toshiro ^b   Kohno, Nobuoki ^b   Ito, Katsuhide ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agatston score; Calcification; Calcium score; Cardiac; Coronary artery; CT; Mass score; Volume score

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39049121255     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0734-7     Document Type: Article

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