Coronary artery calcification on low-dose computed tomography: Comparison of Agatston and Ordinal Scores

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 799-802

  Htwe, Yu ^a   Cham, Matthew D ^a   Henschke, Claudia I ^a   Hecht, Harvey ^a   Shemesh, Joseph ^b   Liang, Mingzhu ^a,c   Tang, Wei ^a,d   Jirapatnakul, Artit ^a   Yip, Rowena ^a   Yankelevitz, David F ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c THE FIFTH AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcification; CT screening for lung cancer; Nongated low dose CT scans; The Agatston Score; The Ordinal Score

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; HEART;

AGATSTON SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; LOW-DOSE CT; LUNG CANCER; THE ORDINAL SCORE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORDINAL SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREND STUDY; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84940446781     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.04.006     Document Type: Article

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