title: Standard versus user-interactive assessment of significant coronary stenoses with multislice computed tomography coronary angiography.
abstract: Forty-four patients in sinus rhythm with suspected coronary artery disease underwent 16-row multislice computed tomography coronary angiography and conventional coronary angiography. Two protocols for image analysis were applied to the multislice computed tomographic images: standard projections versus interactive postprocessing. The diagnostic accuracy of both methods for the detection of significant lesions (>50% lumen reduction) was compared with quantitative coronary angiography. Sensitivity and specificity were 58% and 96% and 96% and 97%, for standard projections and interactive postprocessing protocol, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. filippocademartiri@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cademartiri
authors.forename: Nico
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mollet
authors.forename: Pedro A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lemos
authors.forename: Eugene P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: McFadden
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marano
authors.forename: Timo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baks
authors.forename: Theo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stijnen
authors.forename: Pim J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: de Feyter
authors.forename: Gabriel P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Krestin
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface