Quantitative measurements of coronary arterial stenosis, plaque geometry, and composition are highly reproducible with a standardized coronary arterial computed tomographic approach in high-quality CT datasets

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-43

  Rinehart, Sarah ^a   Vazquez, Gustavo ^a   Qian, Zhen ^a   Murrieta, Laura ^a   Christian, Kim ^a   Voros, Szilard ^a  

^a PIEDMONT HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; CT coronary angiography; Plaque composition; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79651468737     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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