Comparison of carotid vessel wall area measurements using three different contrast-weighted black blood mr imaging techniques

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 795-802

  Zhang, Shaoxiong ^a,b   Hatsukami, Thomas S ^b   Polissar, Nayak L ^c   Han, Chao ^b   Yuan, Chun ^b  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Mountain Whisper Light Statistical Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Area measurement; Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034856457     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(01)00408-8     Document Type: Article

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