Diagnostic performance evaluation of a computer-aided simple triage system for coronary CT angiography in patients with intermediate risk for acute coronary syndrome

Academic Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 980-986

  Meyer, Mathias ^a   Schoepf, U Joseph ^c   Fink, Christian ^a   Goldenberg, Roman ^b   Apfaltrer, Paul ^a   Gruettner, Joachim ^a   Vajcs, Diana ^a   Schoenberg, Stefan O ^a   Henzler, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Rcadia Medical Imaging Ltd   (Israel)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain patient triage; Computed aided detection; Computer aided simple triage; Coronary artery stenosis; Coronary CT angiography

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY MASS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN PATIENT TRIAGE; COMPUTED-AIDED DETECTION; COMPUTER-AIDED SIMPLE TRIAGE; CORONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE;

EID: 84880040263     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2013.02.014     Document Type: Article

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