Virtual non-contrast CT using dual-energy spectral CT: Feasibility of coronary artery calcium scoring

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 321-329

  Song, Inyoung ^a   Yi, Jeong Geun ^a   Park, Jeong Hee ^a   Kim, Sung Mok ^b   Lee, Kyung Soo ^b   Chung, Myung Jin ^b,c  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Dual energy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IODINE;

AGED; ALGORITHM; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIUM; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84964285541     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2016.17.3.321     Document Type: Review

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