Digital tomosynthesis for aortic arch calcification evaluation: Performance comparison with chest radiography with CT as the reference standard

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-22

  Kim, Eun Young ^a,b   Chung, Myung Jin ^a   Choe, Yeon Hyeon ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Gachon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aortic arch calcification; Atherosclerosis; Chest X ray; Digital tomosynthesis; Multidetector CT

Indexed keywords

AORTIC ARCH; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIUM SCORE; CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; CHEST X-RAY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; KAPPA STATISTIC; KAPPA VALUES; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR CT; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; RADIATION DOSE; REFERENCE STANDARD;

ARCHES; BIOMINERALIZATION; BLOOD VESSELS; BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; PULP COOKING; RADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84856527209     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2011.110347     Document Type: Article

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