MR virtual angios-copy of thoracic aortic atherosclerosis in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 371-377

  Summers, Ronald M ^a,c   Choyke, Peter L ^a   Patronas, Nicholas J ^a   Tucker, Eben ^b   Wise, Betty ^a   Busse, Mary K ^a   Brewer, H Bryan ^b   Shamburek, Robert D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Hypercholesterolemia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Virtual angios copy

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY; REPAIR; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

ATHEROSCLEROSE; CONTRAST-ENHANCED MR; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT; MAXIMUM INTENSITY PROJECTION; SURFACES RECONSTRUCTION; THORACIC AORTA; VIRTUAL ANGIOS-COPY; VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOSCOPY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACIC AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; GENETICS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 2; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0034744238     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200105000-00008     Document Type: Article

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