Comparison of dual-source and electron-beam CT for the assessment of coronary artery calcium scoring

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1015, 2012, Pages

  Reinsch, Nico ^a   Mahabadi, A A ^a   Lehmann, N ^a   Mohlenkamp S ^a   Hoefs, C ^b   Sievers, B ^a   Budde, T ^b   Seibel, R ^c,d   Jockel K H ^a   Erbel, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Alfred Krupp Hospital   (Germany)

^c Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863642850     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/91904659     Document Type: Article

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