Small calcified coronary atherosclerotic plaque simulation model: Minimal size and attenuation detectable by 64-MDCT and MicroCT

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 843-853

  Kristanto, Wisnumurti ^a   Van Ooijen, Peter M A ^a   Groen, Jaap M ^a   Vliegenthart, Rozemarijn ^a   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary calcification; Simulation study; Zero calcium score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; SIMULATION;

EID: 85027924319     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-9869-3     Document Type: Article

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