Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 187-193 , February 2009

Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring on Low-dose Prospective Electrocardiographically-triggered 64-Slice CT

  • Jun Horiguchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3, Kasumi-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551 Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: J.H.
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  • Noriaki Matsuura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of Medical Intelligence and Informatics, Programs for Applied Biomedicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Hideya Yamamoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Medical Science, Programs for Applied Biomedicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Masao Kiguchi, RT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3, Kasumi-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551 Japan
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  • Chikako Fujioka, RT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3, Kasumi-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551 Japan
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  • Toshiro Kitagawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Medical Science, Programs for Applied Biomedicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Nobuoki Kohno, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Medical Science, Programs for Applied Biomedicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Katsuhide Ito, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of Medical Intelligence and Informatics, Programs for Applied Biomedicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
    • Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Medical Science, Programs for Applied Biomedicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Received 6 April 2008 ,Accepted 13 May 2008.

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1 This study was financially supported by the Tsuchiya Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan.

PII: S1076-6332(08)00335-8

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.05.017

Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 187-193 , February 2009

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