Coronary artery calcium score: Influence of reconstruction interval at 16-detector row CT with retrospective electrocardiographic gating

Radiology

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 586-589

  Schlosser, Thomas ^a   Hunold, Peter ^a   Schmermund, Axel ^a   Kühl, Hilmar ^a   Waltering, Kai Uwe ^a   Debatin, Jörg F ^a   Barkhausen, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), multidetector row; Coronary vessels, calcification, 54.812; Coronary vessels, CT, 54.12115; Coronary vessels, diseases, 54.812

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 7044241209     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2332031470     Document Type: Article

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