Reproducibility in the assessment of noncalcified coronary plaque with 256-slice multi-detector CT and automated plaque analysis software

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 237-244

  Lee, Min Su ^a   Chun, Eun Ju ^a   Kim, Kil Joong ^a   Kim, Jeong A ^a   Vembar, Mani ^b   Choi, Sang Il ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery; Multidetector CT; Plaque imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650512014     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-010-9710-4     Document Type: Article

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