Combined transesophageal and surface MRI provides optimal imaging in aortic atherosclerosis

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 909-916

  Steen, Henning ^a   Warren, William P ^a   Desai, Milind ^a   Gautam, Sandeep ^a   Lai, Shanghan ^a   Heath, Scott ^a   Stuber, Matthias ^a   Lima, João A C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Plaque volume measurements; Reproducibility; Thoracic aorta; Transesophageal MRI

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SURFACE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 11144326374     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JCMR-200036202     Document Type: Article

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