CT angiography after 20 years: A transformation in cardiovascular disease characterization continues to advance

Radiology

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 633-652

  Rubin, Geoffrey D ^a   Leipsic, Jonathon ^b   Joseph Schoepf, U ^c   Fleischmann, Dominik ^d   Napel, Sandy ^d  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE AORTIC SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; ISCHEMIA; LESION SPECIFIC ISCHEMIA; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION;

CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 84901684269     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.14132232     Document Type: Article

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