Very small calcifications are detected and scored in the coronary arteries from small voxel MDCT images using a new automated/calibrated scoring method with statistical and patient specific plaque definitions

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1193-1204

  Arnold, Ben A ^a   Xiang, Ping ^a   Budoff, Matthew J ^b   Mao, Song Shou ^b  

^a Image Analysis   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcified plaque; Calibrated calcium scoring; Coronary calcium scoring; MDCT imaging

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE; MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84865518462     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-9914-2     Document Type: Article

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