Interscan reproducibility of quantitative coronary plaque volume and composition from CT coronary angiography using an automated method

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2300-2308

  Schuhbaeck, Annika ^a   Dey, Damini ^b   Otaki, Yuka ^b   Slomka, Piotr ^b   Kral, Brian G ^c   Achenbach, Stephan ^a   Berman, Daniel S ^b   Fishman, Elliott K ^c   Lai, Shenghan ^c   Lai, Hong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular system; Coronary artery disease; Imaging; Multicentre study; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84905912592     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3253-3     Document Type: Article

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