Semiautomated quantification of the mass and distribution of vascular calcification with multidetector CT: Method and evaluation

Radiology

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 241-250

  Raman, Raghav ^a   Raman, Bhargav ^a   Napel, Sandy ^a   Rubin, Geoffrey D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 85009355082     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2471062190     Document Type: Article

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