Incidental non-cardiac findings of a coronary angiography with a 128-slice multi-detector CT scanner: Should we only concentrate on the heart?

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-68

  Lazoura, Olga ^a   Vassiou, Katerina ^a   Kanavou, Theodora ^a   Vlychou, Marianna ^a   Arvanitis, Dimitrios L ^a   Fezoulidis, Ioannis V ^a  

^a University of Thessaly School of Medicine   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coronary computed tomography angiography; Incidental non cardiac findings; Multi detector computed tomography (MDCT)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX DISEASE;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LIVER DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76049088100     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2010.11.1.60     Document Type: Article

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