Interstudy reproducibility of three-dimensional volume-selective fast spin echo magnetic resonance for quantifying carotid artery wall volume

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-191

  Varghese, Anitha ^a   Crowe, Lindsey A ^a   Mohiaddin, Raad H ^a   Gatehouse, Peter D ^a   Yang, Guang Zhong ^b   Nott, David M ^c   McCall, James M ^c   Firmin, David N ^a   Pennell, Dudley J ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D fast spin echo; Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Interstudy reproducibility; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCULATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; THREE DIMENSIONAL FAST SPIN ECHO MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 12744254866     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20249     Document Type: Article

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