Dynamic MR imaging of the carotid wall

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 420-427

  Aoki, Shigeki ^a   Aoki, Kyoko ^a   Ohsawa, Sachiko ^a   Nakajima, Hiroto ^a   Kumagai, Hiroshi ^a   Araki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Dynamic study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032924660     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(199903)9:3<420::AID-JMRI9>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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