Impact of iterative reconstruction on CT coronary calcium quantification

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3246-3252

  Kurata, Akira ^a   Dharampal, Anoeshka ^a   Dedic, Admir ^a   De Feyter, Pim J ^a   Krestin, Gabriel P ^a   Dijkshoorn, Marcel L ^a   Nieman, Koen ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Image interpretation; Image processing; Iterative reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84890545455     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-3022-8     Document Type: Article

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