Coronary calcium scoring at 100kVp: A new twist to a familiar test

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 401-402

  Rivera, Juan J ^a   Agatston, Arthur S ^b  

^a South Beach Preventive Cardiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCORING SYSTEM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; IMAGE QUALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ARTIFACTS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 72149097091     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.10.003     Document Type: Editorial

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