Measurement of coronary artery calcium with dual-slice helical CT compared with coronary angiography: Evaluation of CT scoring methods, interobserver variations, and reproducibility

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 439-444

  Broderick, Lynn S ^a   Shemesh, Joseph ^b   Wilensky, Robert L ^c   Eckert, George J ^a   Zhou, Xiao Hua ^a   Torres, William E ^d   Balk, Michael A ^d   Rogers, Wendy J ^a   Conces Jr , Deweyj ^a   Kopecky, Kenyon K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 9444260920     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.167.2.8686622     Document Type: Article

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