Quantitative coronary artery and aortic valve calcification by virtual non-contrast Images from dual-energy delayed CT scans in patients with severe aortic stenosis
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Authors
- Bashaer Gheyath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2119-5578)
- Alan C. Kwan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4393-1011)
- Damini Dey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2236-6970)
- Hidesato Fujito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3039-1992)
- Kaveh Rezaei Bookani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8476-5005)
- Sunam Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1467-122X)
- Daniel S. Berman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3793-9578)
- Balaji Tamarappoo
- John Friedman
- Piotr Slomka
- Sung woo Cho
- Donghee Han
- Raj Makkar
Institutions
- Nihon University (JP)
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
- University of Arizona (US)
- The Catholic University of Korea St. Vincent's Hospital (KR)
- Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital (KR)
- Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
- Published
- 2026-09-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-026-03822-6
- Primary Topic
- Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center