Coronary CTA: Stenosis classification and quantification, including automated measures

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL.2, 2009, Pages

  Bekkers, Erik ^a   Roos, Justus ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Coronary plaques; Obstructive lesions

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY LESION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 72149113345     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.10.010     Document Type: Review

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