Quantitative assessment of stenosis severity and atherosclerotic plaque composition using 256-slice computed tomography

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1841-1850

  Korosoglou, Grigorios ^a   Mueller, Dirk ^b   Lehrke, Stephanie ^a   Steen, Henning ^a   Hosch, Waldemar ^a   Heye, Tobias ^a   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a   Giannitsis, Evangelos ^a   Katus, Hugo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque; Cardiac computed tomography; Coronary lumen narrowing; Quantitative coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCORING SYSTEM;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957943350     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1753-3     Document Type: Article

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