Intravascular MR imaging of atherosclerotic plaque: Ex vivo analysis of human femoral arteries with histologic correlation

Radiology

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 769-774

  Zimmermann, Gesine G ^a   Erhart, Peter ^a   Schneider, Jakob ^a   Von Schulthess, Gustav K ^a   Schmidt, Michaela ^a   Debatin, Jörg F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arieriosclerosis; Arteries, stenosis or obstruction; Magnetic resonance (MR), coil arrays; Magnetic resonance (MR), experimental; Magnetic resonance (MR), vascular studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0030812957     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.204.3.9280257     Document Type: Article

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