Agatston score tried and true: By contrast, can we quantify calcium on CTA?

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-47

  Voros, Szilard ^a   Qian, Zhen ^b  

^a Integrated Cardiovascular Research Group   (United States)

^b PIEDMONT HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

AGATSTON SCORE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84856143285     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.12.002     Document Type: Editorial

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