Automated quantification of coronary plaque with computed tomography: Comparison with intravascular ultrasound using a dedicated registration algorithm for fusion-based quantification

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1007-1016

  Boogers, Mark J ^a,b   Broersen, Alexander ^a   Van Velzen, Joëlla E ^a,b   De Graaf, Fleur R ^a   El Naggar, Heba M ^a   Kitslaar, Pieter H ^a   Dijkstra, Jouke ^a   Delgado, Victoria ^a   Boersma, Eric ^c   De Roos, Albert ^a   Schuijf, Joanne D ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Reiber, Johan H C ^a,d   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Jukema, J Wouter ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Medis Medical Imaging Systems bv   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automated quantification; Computed tomography; Coronary plaque; Intravascular ultrasound; Registration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY PLAQUE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84860176197     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr465     Document Type: Article

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