Assessment of coronary artery calcium by using volumetric 320-row multi-detector computed tomography: Comparison of 0.5 mm with 3.0 mm slice reconstructions

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-482

  Van Der Bijl, Noortje ^a   De Bruin, Paul W ^a   Geleijns, Jacob ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Schuijf, Joanne D ^a   De Roos, Albert ^a   Kroft, Lucia J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agatston score; Computed tomography; Coronary artery calcium; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951122394     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9581-8     Document Type: Article

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