Submillisievert coronary calcium quantification using model-based iterative reconstruction: A within-patient analysis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2152-2159

  den Harder, Annemarie M ^a   Wolterink, Jelmer M ^b   Willemink, Martin J ^a   Schilham, Arnold M R ^a   de Jong, Pim A ^a   Budde, Ricardo P J ^c   Nathoe, Hendrik M ^a   Išgum, Ivana ^b   Leiner, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Computed tomography; Coronary artery calcification; Iterative reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY RISK; EFFECTIVE DOSE (RADIATION); FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; ALGORITHM; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMAGING PHANTOM; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84991486779     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2016.09.028     Document Type: Article

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