Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 110-115 , March 2010

Influence of slice thickness and reconstruction kernel on the computed tomographic attenuation of coronary atherosclerotic plaque

  • Stephan Achenbach, MD

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    • Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Kerstin Boehmer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Tobias Pflederer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Dieter Ropers, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Martin Seltmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Michael Lell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Katharina Anders, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Axel Kuettner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Michael Uder, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Werner G. Daniel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Mohamed Marwan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany

Received 19 October 2009 ,Accepted 10 January 2010.

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 Conflict of interest: Drs. Achenbach, Lell, Kuettner, Anders, Pflederer, Marwan, Ropers, and Uder have received speaking honoraria from Siemens Healthcare. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.

 The study was supported by Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Bonn, Germany (grant BMBF 01 EV 0708) and by research grants from Siemens Healthcare (S.A., M.L., A.K., and M.U.).

PII: S1934-5925(10)00016-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.01.013

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 110-115 , March 2010

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