Multi Detector-Row Computed Tomography (MDCT) had excellent reproducibility of coronary calcium measurements

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 572-579

  Sabour, S ^a,b   Atsma, F ^a   Rutten, A ^a   Grobbee, D E ^a   Mali, W ^a   Prokop, M ^a   Bots, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular risk factors; Coronary calcium scoring (CCS); Electron beam CT (EBCT); Multi Detector Row CT (MDCT); Prevention; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42749091476     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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