Calcium scoring with prospectively ECG-triggered CT: Using overlapping datasets generated with MPR decreases inter-scan variability

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-88

  Rutten, A ^a   Isgum, I ^b   Prokop, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calcification; Computed tomography; Coronary arteriosclerosis; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80052731474     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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