Reproducibility, accuracy, and predictors of accuracy for the detection of coronary atherosclerotic plaque composition by computed tomography: An ex vivo comparison to intravascular ultrasound

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 693-701

  Van Der Giessen, Alina G ^a,b   Toepker, Michael H ^a   Donelly, Patrick M ^a   Bamberg, Fabian ^a   Schlett, Christopher L ^a   Raffle, Christopher ^a   Irlbeck, Thomas ^a   Lee, Hang ^c   Van Walsum, Theo ^b   Maurovich Horvat, Pal ^a   Gijsen, Frank J H ^b   Wentzel, Jolanda J ^b   Hoffmann, Udo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery angiography; intravascular ultrasonography; plaque detection; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; POLYCARBONATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 77958505863     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181e0a541     Document Type: Article

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