Assessment of isotropic calcium using 0.5-mm reconstructions from 320-row CT data sets identifies more patients with non-zero Agatston score and more subclinical atherosclerosis than standard 3.0-mm coronary artery calcium scan and CT angiography

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-66

  Aslam, Anum ^a   Khokhar, Usman S ^a   Chaudhry, Ammar ^a   Abramowicz, Alexander ^a   Rajper, Naveed ^a   Cortegiano, Michael ^a   Poon, Michael ^a   Voros, Szilard ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

320 M ltidetector computed tomography; Agatston score; Coronary artery calcium; CT angiography; Image noise; Subclinical atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANK SUM TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

320-MΜLTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; AGATSTON SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE NOISE; SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84896895287     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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