… Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) is correlated with cardiovascular outcomes independent
of traditional risk factors. Quantification of AAC on computed tomography (CT) has not been …

… For this investigation, low-dose unenhanced MDCT was performed with the patient in the …
that CT-based quantification of visceral fat, liver fat, muscle, and abdominal aortic calcification …

… abdominal computed tomography (CT) scans to opportunistically identify and quantify abdominal
aortic calcification … or sub-clinical disease who do not meet criteria for CAC scoring [5, 6…

… quantify the abdominal aortic calcified plaque. The user drew regions of interest around
the vessel of interest on the supine axial images and the tool used a threshold of 130 HU and …

… been developed to quantify aortic calcification using both radiographs and unenhanced CT
… of risk stratification and aortic calcification has been reported to outperform the Framingham …

… of Atherosclerosis assessed the relation of AAC, quantified by … These findings underscore
that CT-based AAC assessment … those patients undergoing abdominal nonenhanced CT scan …

… risk is essential in preventing cardiac events and quantifying … actually been shown to
outperform prediction models which … events with CT-based abdominal aortic calcifications in those …

… of thoracic and abdominal aortic calcification, as quantified in … of thoracic and abdominal
aortic calcification on computed … duration of 11.2 years, CT-based AAC was a strong predictor …

… follow-up of 11.2 years, outperforming the classic Framingham … calcified segments in all axial
slices of the abdominal aorta to … scans to quantify calcium load in the abdominal aorta. The …

… segmentation and quantification of abdominal muscle, … the abdominal wall musculature and
abdominal aortic calcified … that CT-based muscle attenuation and abdominal aortic calcium …