Automated Interpretation and Reporting of Coronary CT Coronary Angiography

Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 282-291

  Rajiah, Prabhakar ^a   Schoenhagen, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated; Cardiac; Computed tomography; Coronary

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENOSIS;

EID: 84877076198     PISSN: 19419066     EISSN: 19419074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12410-013-9201-9     Document Type: Review

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