Flat-panel versus 64-channel computed tomography for in vivo quantitative characterization of aortic atherosclerotic plaques

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 295-302

  Aboshady, Ibrahim ^a,b   Cody, Dianna D ^b   Johnson, Evan M ^b   Gahremanpour, Amir ^a   Vela, Deborah ^a,b   Khalil, Kamal G ^b,c   Dupont, Herbert L ^a,b,c   Willerson, James T ^a,b   Buja, L Maximilian ^a,b   Gladish, Gregory W ^b  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular imaging; Computed tomography; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

64 CHANNEL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FLAT PANEL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RABBIT; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RABBITS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 84859795116     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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