Threshold adjusted calcium scoring using CT is less susceptible to cardiac motion and more accurate

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 438-446

  Groen, J M ^a   Dijkstra, H ^a   Greuter, M J W ^a   Oudkerk, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calcium scoring; Cardiac motion; CT; Threshold

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIUM; HEART; PHANTOMS;

CARDIAC MOTION; DUAL-SOURCE CT; HOUNSFIELD VALUES; LINEAR CORRELATION; MULTIDETECTOR CT; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; PHYSICAL VOLUMES; THRESHOLD;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CALCIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEART BEAT; HEART MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 59249105711     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3049590     Document Type: Article

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