MR imaging of atherosclerotic plaque

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 887-898

  Joon Choi, C ^a   Kramer, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBON; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GUIDE WIRE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0036655222     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(02)00019-2     Document Type: Review

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