Assessment of atherosclerotic carotid plaque volume with multidetector computed tomography angiography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 751-759

  Weert, Thomas T ^a   Monyé, Cécile ^a   Meijering, Erik ^a   Booij, Ronald ^a   Niessen, Wiro J ^a   Dippel, Diederik W J ^a   Lugt, Aad ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CAROTID PLAQUE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VASCULAR FIBROSIS; VOLUMETRY;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 51049112250     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9309-1     Document Type: Article

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