Interscan Variation in Coronary Artery Calcium Quantification in a Large Asymptomatic Patient Population
Hyo-Chun Yoon1,
Jonathan G. Goldin2,
Lloyd E. Greaser, III2,
James Sayre3 and
Gregg C. Fonarow4
1
Department of Radiology, 1A71 School of Medicine, University of Utah School of
Medicine, 50 N. Medical Dr., Salt Lake City, UT 84132.
2
Department of Radiological Sciences, B2-247 CHS, UCLA School of Medicine,
10833 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095.
3
Department of Radiological Sciences and Biomathematics, B2-200 CHS, UCLA
School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
4
Department of Cardiology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
90095.

View larger version (13K):
[in a new window]
|
Fig. 1. Scatterplot shows comparison of log10 (calcium score + 1)
transformed values from scan 1 versus scan 2. Note excellent overall
correlation between two scans over entire range of calcium scores
(R2 = 0.97).
|
|

View larger version (12K):
[in a new window]
|
Fig. 2. Bland-Altman plot shows comparison of percentage of difference in
calcium scores versus mean values of calcium scores. Large percentage
differences are seen mainly in patients with low calcium scores, but a few
patients with scores greater than 500 had percentage differences exceeding
50%.
|
|

CiteULike
Complore
Connotea
Del.icio.us
Digg
Reddit
Technorati What's this?
Copyright © 2000 by the American Roentgen Ray Society.