How to assess non-calcified plaque in CT angiography: Delineation methods affect diagnostic accuracy of low-attenuation plaque by CT for lipid-core plaque in histology

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1099-1105

  Schlett, Christopher L ^a,c   Ferencik, Maros ^a   Celeng, Csilla ^a   Maurovich Horvat, Pál ^a   Scheffel, Hans ^a   Stolzmann, Paul ^a,b   Do, Synho ^a   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^c   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a,b   Bamberg, Fabian ^a,d   Hoffmann, Udo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

(Semi) Automated plaque assessment; Coronary computed tomographic angiography; Low attenuation plaque; Plaque delineation techniques

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FIBROATHEROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; LIPID CORE PLAQUE; LOW ATTENUATION PLAQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

(SEMI)-AUTOMATED PLAQUE ASSESSMENT; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; LOW-ATTENUATION PLAQUE; PLAQUE DELINEATION TECHNIQUES;

AREA UNDER CURVE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID METABOLISM; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DONORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84885909320     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jet030     Document Type: Article

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