High-resolution MRI with cardiac and respiratory gating allows for accurate in vivo atherosclerotic plaque visualization in the murine aortic arch

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-74

  Wiesmann, Frank ^a   Szimtenings, Michael ^b   Frydrychowicz, Alex ^a   Illinger, Ralf ^a   Hunecke, Andreas ^a   Rommel, Eberhard ^b   Neubauer, Stefan ^c   Haase, Axel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Genetic engineering; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mouse aorta

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMALS;

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; HIGH RESOLUTION; MOUSE AORTA; NON-INVASIVE IMAGING; RESPIRATORY GATINGS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 3; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 0038262692     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10500     Document Type: Article

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