Feasibility of an automatic computer-assisted algorithm for the detection of significant coronary artery disease in patients presenting with acute chest pain

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kang, Ki Woon ^a   Chang, Hyuk Jae ^b   Shim, Hackjoon ^b,c   Kim, Young Jin ^b,c   Choi, Byoung Wook ^b,c   Yang, Woo In ^b,c   Shim, Jee Young ^b,c   Ha, Jongwon ^b,c   Chung, Namsik ^b,c  

^a Eulji University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute chest pain; Automatic computer assisted detection; Coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DATA PROCESSING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862811911     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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