A method for calcium quantification by means of CT coronary angiography using 64-multidetector CT: Very high correlation with agatston and volume scores

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1661-1668

  Glodny, Bernhard ^a   Helmel, Bettina ^a   Trieb, Thomas ^a   Schenk, Claudia ^a   Taferner, Bernadette ^a   Unterholzner, Verena ^a   Strasak, Alexander ^a   Petersen, Johannes ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Coronary angiography; Coronary artery disease; Coronary calcium scoring; Multidetector computed tomography; Radiation dosage

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGATSTON; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; V130; V600; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67349200259     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1345-2     Document Type: Article

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