Imaging atherosclerotic plaques by cardiac computed tomography in vitro: Impact of contrast type and acquisition protocol

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 790-795

  Dalager, Maiken Glud ^a   Bøttcher, Morten ^a   Dalager, Søren ^a   Andersen, Gratien ^b   Thygesen, Jesper ^a   Pedersen, Erik Morre ^a   Bøtker, Hans Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Departments of Radiology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; cardiac CT; computed tomography; coronary artery disease; Stary classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 81855175911     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31822b122e     Document Type: Article

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