Digital radiography with dual-energy subtraction: improved evaluation of cardiac calcification.

OBJECTIVE The objective of our study was to describe cardiac applications for digital radiography with dual-energy subtraction. CONCLUSION Dual-energy subtraction digital radiography offers potentially important new information in the assessment of coronary artery disease.

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