Classification of human carotid atherosclerotic lesions with in vivo multicontrast magnetic resonance imaging

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1368-1373

  Cai, Jian Ming ^a   Hatsukami, Thomas S ^a   Ferguson, Marina S ^a   Small, Randy ^a   Polissar, Nayak L ^a   Yuan, Chun ^a  

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

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0037056102     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000028591.44554.F9     Document Type: Article

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