Coronary calcium scoring from contrast coronary CT angiography using a semiautomated standardized method

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 446-453

  Schuhbaeck, Annika ^a   Otaki, Yuka ^b   Achenbach, Stephan ^a   Schneider, Christian ^c   Slomka, Piotr ^b   Berman, Daniel S ^b   Dey, Damini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated quantification; Computed tomography; Coronary calcified plaque; Coronary calcium score; CT angiography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMIAUTOMATION; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; GERMANY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AUTOMATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84941748841     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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