Accuracy and uniqueness of three in vivo measurements of atherosclerotic carotid plaque morphology with black blood MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-82

  Luo, Ying ^a   Polissar, Nayak ^b   Han, Chao ^c   Yarnykh, Vasily ^c   Kerwin, William S ^c   Hatsukami, Thomas S ^c   Yuan, Chun ^c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b Mountain Whisper Light Statistical Consulting   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic carotid plaque; Black blood MRI; Lumen narrowing; Morphology; Plaque burden

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY;

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMIES; CAROTID PLAQUES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; LUMEN NARROWING; PLAQUE BURDEN;

BLOOD;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0038262698     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10503     Document Type: Article

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