ACCURATUM: Improved calcium volume scoring using a mesh-based algorithm - A phantom study

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 591-598

  Saur, Stefan C ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^b   Desbiolles, Lotus ^b   Székely, Gábor ^a   Cattin, Philippe C ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary calcium; Volume

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; HEART; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59949089230     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1181-9     Document Type: Article

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