Attenuation-based characterization of coronary atherosclerotic plaque: Comparison of dual source and dual energy CT with single-source CT and histopathology

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-59

  Henzler, Thomas ^a   Porubsky, Stefan ^a   Kayed, Hany ^a   Harder, Nils ^a   Krissak, U Radko ^a   Meyer, Mathias ^a   Sueselbeck, Tim ^a   Marx, Alexander ^a   Michaely, Henrik ^a   Schoepf, U Joseph ^b   Schoenberg, Stefan O ^a   Fink, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque imaging; Cross scatter radiation; Dual energy CT; Dual source computed tomography; Histopathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052715934     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

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