Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of death in developed countries. Recent literature confirmed multi detector computed tomography (MDCT) as a noninvasive imaging technique able to rule out and rule in CAD with a very high accuracy compared with Conventional Coronary Angiography (CCA). However the plaque burden and stenosis severity on MDCT is usually visually assessed with sequent inherent limitations. Recent technologies have permitted a real quantitative assessment of CAD.

doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7425-8_12, hdl.handle.net/1765/86187
Department of Radiology

Maffei, E., Messalli, G., Mantini, C., Arcadi, T., Martini, C., Imbriaco, M., & Cademartiri, F. (2014). Quantitative computed tomography analysis in the assessment of coronary artery disease. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-7425-8_12