Influence of iterative image reconstruction on CT-based calcium score measurements

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 961-967

  Van Osch, Jochen A C ^a   Mouden, Mohamed ^a   Van Dalen, Jorn A ^a   Timmer, Jorik R ^a   Reiffers, Stoffer ^a   Knollema, Siert ^a   Greuter, Marcel J W ^b   Ottervanger, Jan Paul ^a   Jager, Piet L ^a  

^a ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calcium scoring; Cardiac imaging techniques; Computed tomography; Coronary disease; Coronary stenosis; Iterative image reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84905678573     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-014-0409-9     Document Type: Article

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