Coronary artery calcification scoring with state-of-the-art ct scanners from different vendors has substantial effect on risk classification

Radiology

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 695-702

  Willemink, Martin J ^a   Vliegenthart, Rozemarijn ^b   Takx, Richard A P ^a   Leiner, Tim ^a   Budde, Ricardo P J ^a   Bleys, Ronald L A W ^a   Das, Marco ^c   Wildberger, Joachim E ^c   Prokop, Mathias ^d   Buls, Nico ^e   De Mey, Johan ^e   Schilham, Arnold M R ^a   De Jong, Pim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGATSTON SCORE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; EX VIVO STUDY; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; FRIEDMAN TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; CADAVER; CALCINOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICES; IMAGE QUALITY; RADIOGRAPHY;

CADAVER; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84916603002     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.14140066     Document Type: Article

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