Spectral CT imaging of vulnerable plaque with two independent biomarkers

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4117-4138

  Baturin, Pavlo ^a   Alivov, Yahya ^a   Molloi, Sabee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY MIXTURES; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; CALIBRATION CURVES; CHEST PHANTOM; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MATERIAL; CORONARY ARTERIES; CT IMAGING; DECOMPOSITION METHODS; DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUE; DIGITAL PHANTOMS; ENERGY-RESOLVING DETECTORS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; K-EDGE IMAGING; MATERIAL DECOMPOSITION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; PARALLEL BEAM GEOMETRY; PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTON FLUX; POLYCHROMATIC PHOTONS; REALISTIC DETECTORS; RELATIVE ERRORS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; VULNERABLE PLAQUES;

BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CALCIUM; DETECTORS; GOLD; IODINE; MIXTURES; PATHOLOGY; PHOTONS; PIXELS; TISSUE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; GOLD; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862586482     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/13/4117     Document Type: Article

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