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Author Spotlight: Advancing Cardiovascular Imaging - Introducing the Spatially Weighted Calcium Score for Early Disease Detection
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Letter to the editor regarding 'deep learning for vessel-specific coronary artery calcium scoring: validation on a
Tianfei Yu1,2, Zhuo Chen1,2, Ming Li2,3
1Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Agriculture and Forestry, Qiqihar University, Qiqihar 161006, China.
European Heart Journal. Cardiovascular Imaging
|October 8, 2022
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