Quantitative plaque characterization with coronary CT angiography (CTA): Current challenges and future application in atherosclerosis trials and clinical risk assessment

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-316

  Schoenhagen, Paul ^a   Barreto, Mitya ^a   Halliburton, Sandra S ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUMETRY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45149109813     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-007-9284-y     Document Type: Editorial

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