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DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2442061218
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Diagnostic Performance of Multidetector CT Angiography for Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease: Meta-analysis1

Piet K. Vanhoenacker, MD, Majanka H. Heijenbrok-Kal, PhD, Ruben Van Heste, MD, Isabel Decramer, MSc, Lieven R. Van Hoe, MD, PhD, William Wijns, MD, PhD, and M. G. Myriam Hunink, MD, PhD

1 From the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging (P.K.V., R.V.H., I.D., L.R.V.H.) and Cardiovascular Center Aalst (I.D., W.W.), OLV Ziekenhuis Aalst, Moorselbaan 164, 9300 Aalst, Belgium; and Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.H.H., M.G.M.H.). Received July 14, 2006; revision requested September 18; revision received November 27; final version accepted January 2, 2007. Address correspondence to P.K.V. (e-mail: piet{at}vanhoenacker.be).


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  		Figure 2: Funnel plot for studies in which analysis was performed per patient. If the plot resembles an inverted funnel, publication bias is unlikely.

 

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  		Figure 3: Funnel plot for studies in which analysis was performed per vessel.

 

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  		Figure 4: Funnel plot for studies in which analysis was performed per segment.

 

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  		Figure 5: The sROC curves for four-, 16, and 64-detector CT angiography, adjusted for contrast agent concentration and exclusion of nonassessable segments.

 




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