Magnetic resonance imaging of atherosclerotic plaques using superparamagnetic iron oxide particles

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 355-361

  Schmitz, Stephan A ^a   Taupitz, Matthias ^b   Wagner, Susanne ^a   Wolf, Karl Jürgen ^a   Beyersdorff, Dirk ^a   Hamm, Bernd ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Inflammatory atherosclerotic lesions; Magnetic resonance imaging; Plaque inflammation; Superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO)

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034811702     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1194     Document Type: Article

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