Detection of noncalcified and mixed plaque by multirow detector computed tomography

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-64

  Foster, Gary ^a   Shah, Harsh ^a   Sarraf, Guilda ^a   Ahmadi, Naser ^a   Budoff, Matthew ^a  

^a Cardiology Section   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary computed tomography; Intravascular ultrasonography; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERECHOIC PLAQUE; HYPOECHOIC PLAQUE; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MIXED PLAQUE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 60549108887     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.7.1.57     Document Type: Review

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