Volumetric measurement of pericardial adipose tissue from contrast-enhanced coronary computed tomography angiography: A reproducibility study

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 288-295

  Nichols, John H ^a   Samy, Bharat ^b   Nasir, Khurram ^a   Fox, Caroline S ^b,c   Schulze, P Christian ^d   Bamberg, Fabian ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Pericardial adipose tissue; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THORAX; THORAX PAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 52949129981     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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