Semiquantitative assessment of cardiovascular disease markers in multislice computed tomography of the chest: Interobserver and intraobserver agreements

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 279-284

  Jacobs, Peter C A ^a   Prokop, Mathias ^a   Oen, Ayke L ^b   Van Der Graaf, Yolanda ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Mali, Willem P Th M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Radiology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Diagnostic chest CT; Observer variation

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DIAGNOSTIC CHEST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MARKERS; ENHANCED SCAN; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATIONS;

DISEASES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX;

EID: 77950357556     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181bbcff6     Document Type: Article

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