Calcium scoring in unenhanced and enhanced CT data of the aorta-iliacal arteries: Impact of image acquisition, reconstruction, and analysis parameter settings

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 943-950

  Komen, N ^a,b   Klitsie, P ^a   Hermans, J J ^a   Niessen, W J ^a   Kleinrensink, G J ^a   Jeekel, J ^a   Lange, J F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aorta; Calcium score; Contrast enhancement; Iliac arteries; Lower threshold; Slice thickness

Indexed keywords

AORTA; CALCIUM SCORE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ILIAC ARTERIES; LOWER THRESHOLD; SLICE THICKNESS;

BIOMINERALIZATION; BLOOD VESSELS; CALCIUM; CONVOLUTION; IMAGE ACQUISITION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CALCIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; CALCIUM; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 83155165179     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2011.110189     Document Type: Article

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