Whole-vessel coronary 18F-sodium fluoride PET for assessment of the global coronary microcalcification burden
Jacek Kwieciński, Sebastien Cadet, Marwa Daghem, Martin Lyngby Lassen, Damini Dey, Marc R. Dweck, Daniel S. Berman, David E. Newby, Piotr J. Slomka
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MedicineCoronary Calcium ScoreSodium fluorideHounsfield scaleCoronary artery diseaseMyocardial infarctionNuclear medicineCoronary arteriesMicrocalcificationInternal medicineCardiologyCoronary angiographyPET-CTRadiologyPositron emission tomographyArteryComputed tomographyCoronary artery calciumFluorideCancerChemistryInorganic chemistryMammographyBreast cancerCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery DiseasesMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications