Diagnosis of Coronary Stenosis with CT Angiography. Comparison of Automated Computer Diagnosis with Expert Readings

Academic Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 324-333

  Halpern, Ethan J ^a   Halpern, David J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Coronary CTA; Coronary heart disease; Coronary stenosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79551561515     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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