Interobserver reliability in the assessment of coronary stenoses by multidetector computed tomography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 126-134

  Choudhary, Gaurav ^a,b   Atalay, Michael K ^b   Ritter, Nathan ^a,b   Shin, Victor ^a,b   Grand, David ^b   Pearson, Catherine ^b   Kirchner, Robert Michael ^a,b   Wu, Wen Chih ^a,b  

^a PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

computerized tomography; coronary angiography; coronary arteries; Interobserver variability; x ray

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; HEART; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SCANNING;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIES; CORONARY STENOSIS; INTEROBSERVER RELIABILITY; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; INTRA-OBSERVER VARIABILITY; INTRACLASS CORRELATIONS; STENOSES; X-RAY;

GRADING;

DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IODIXANOL; METOPROLOL;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

EID: 79551552734     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181f80bef     Document Type: Article

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