Automated quantification of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) in coronary CT angiography; comparison with manual assessment and correlation with coronary artery disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 215-221

  Mihl, Casper ^a   Loeffen, Daan ^a   Versteylen, Mathijs O ^a   Takx, Richard A P ^a   Nelemans, Patricia J ^b   Nijssen, Estelle C ^a   Vega Higuera, Fernando ^c   Wildberger, Joachim E ^a   Das, Marco ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated quantitative analysis; Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Epicardial adipose tissue; Quantification

Indexed keywords

IOBITRIDOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENETIX 350; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACHINE LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; AUTOMATED QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; FAMILY HISTORY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MIDDLE AGED; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AUTOMATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PERICARDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; SPIRAL CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84902437810     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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