Calcium score of small coronary calcifications on multidetector computed tomography: Results from a static phantom study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Groen, J M ^a   Kofoed, K F ^b   Zacho, M ^b   Vliegenthart, R ^a   Willems, T P ^a   Greuter, M J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Calcium score; Computed tomography; Coronary calcium

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KERNEL METHOD; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCORING SYSTEM; THICKNESS;

ALGORITHMS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871925108     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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