Flat Panel Volume Computed Tomography of the Coronary Arteries

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1251-1262

  Knollmann, Friedrich D ^a   Wieltsch, Annika ^a   Peters, Simone ^a   Mahlke, Anika ^a   Niederberger, Susanne ^a   Kertesz, Tereza ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; Computed tomography; coronary arteries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLAT PANEL VOLUME COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 69649085143     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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