Reliable categorisation of visual scoring of coronary artery calcification on low-dose CT for lung cancer screening: Validation with the standard Agatston score

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1226-1233

  Huang, Yi Luan ^a,b   Wu, Fu Zong ^a,b   Wang, Yen Chi ^a,b   Ju, Yu Jeng ^c   Mar, Guang Yuan ^a   Chuo, Chiung Chen ^a   Lin, Huey Shyan ^d   Wu, Ming Ting ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary arteriosclerosis; Rating scale; Screening; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING; VISUAL CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION SCORE;

CALCINOSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84877126037     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2726-5     Document Type: Article

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