Coronary Radiology edited by Matthijs Oudkerk.

This is the first monograph to focus exclusively on coronary radiology. It is particularly timely, given that the emergence of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, coupled with improvements in both hard- and software, has made reproducible non-invasive coronary imaging a practical rea...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Oudkerk, Matthijs (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
Edition:1st ed. 2004.
Series:Diagnostic Imaging
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Coronary Anatomy
  • 2.1 Conventional Catherisation
  • 2.2 Quantitative Coronary Arteriography
  • 2.3 Clinical Intracoronary Ultrasound
  • 2.4 Quantitative Coronary Ultrasound (QCU)
  • 3.1 Multi-Slice Computed Tomography Technical Principles Clinical Application and Future Perspective
  • 3.2 Coronary Radiology Update — MR Coronary Angiography
  • 3.3 Electron Beam Computed Tomography (EBCT)
  • 4.1 Pathophysiology of Coronary Calcification
  • 4.2 Detection and Quantification of Coronary Calcification
  • 4.3 Standardization Efforts in the Quantification of Coronary Calcium
  • 4.4 Validation of the Detection and Quantification of Coronary Calcification
  • 4.5 Coronary Calcium as an Indicator of Coronary Artery Disease
  • 4.6 Epidemiology of Coronary Calcification
  • 4.7 Clinical Implications of Assessing Coronary Calcification
  • 5 Multi-Dimensional Computed Coronary Visualization
  • List of Contributors.