Atherosclerotic plaque components in human aortas contrasted by ex vivo imaging using fast spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging and spiral computed tomography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 724-728

  Halliburton, Sandra S ^a   Paschal, Cynthia B ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; computed tomography; fast spin echo; fat saturation; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029910506     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199611000-00007     Document Type: Article

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