CT signal heterogeneity of abdominal aortic aneurysm as a possible predictive biomarker for expansion

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 510-517

  Kotze, Carl W ^a   Rudd, James H F ^b   Ganeshan, Balaji ^a   Menezes, Leon J ^a   Brookes, Jocelyn ^a   Agu, Obiekezie ^a   Yusuf, Syed W ^c   Groves, Ashley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Worthing Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Computed tomography texture analysis; CT signal heterogeneity; Positron emission tomography; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; FLUORINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SMOKING; VERY ELDERLY; ALGORITHM; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC USE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84896269508     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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