Concordance of Coronary Artery Calcium Estimates Between MDCT and Electron Beam Tomography
Anthony L. Daniell1,
Nathan D. Wong2,
John D. Friedman1,
Nachum Ben-Yosef1,
Romalisa Miranda-Peats1,
Sean W. Hayes1,
Xingping Kang1,
Maria G. Sciammarella1,
Ling de Yang1,
Guido Germano1 and
Daniel S. Berman1
1 Department of Imaging, Division of Nuclear Medicine; and Department of
Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly
Blvd., Rm. 1258, Los Angeles, CA 90048.
2 Heart Disease Prevention Program, Division of Cardiology, University of
California, Irvine, CA.

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Fig. 1 Correlation of Agatston score between MDCT and electron beam
tomography (EBT) for observer 1.
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Fig. 2 Correlation of volume score between MDCT and electron beam
tomography (EBT) for observer 1.
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Fig. 3 Relative median difference in MDCT-electron beam tomography
(EBT) variability in Agatston scores averaged between two observers (at least
one positive scan).
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Fig. 4 Relative median difference in MDCT-electron beam tomography
(EBT) variability in volume scores averaged between the two observers (at
least one scan positive).
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Fig. 5 Absolute median difference in Agatston score for
MDCT-electron beam tomography (EBT) averaged between two observers (at least
one scan positive).
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Fig. 6 Absolute median difference in volume score for MDCT-electron
beam tomography (EBT) averaged between observers (at least one scan
positive).
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