Can nontriggered thoracic CT be used for coronary artery calcium scoring A phantom study

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Xie, Xueqian ^a   Greuter, Marcel J W ^a   Groen, Jaap M ^a   De Bock, Geertruida H ^b   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^a   De Jong, Pim A ^a   Vliegenthart, Rozemarijn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ZAANS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

calcium score; Coronary artery calcium; imaging phantoms; nontriggered cardiac imaging technique; x ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIUM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; PHANTOMS;

CALCIUM SCORE; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORES; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUMS; CORONARY CALCIFICATIONS; IMAGING PHANTOMS; MULTIPLE MEASUREMENTS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DEVICES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; IMAGE QUALITY; METABOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT;

CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84881646173     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4813904     Document Type: Article

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