Assessment of human atherosclerotic carotid plaque components with multisequence MR imaging: Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 487-492

  Cappendijk, Vincent C ^a   Cleutjens, Kitty B J M ^a   Kessels, Alfons G H ^a   Heeneman, Sylvia ^a   Schurink, Geert Willem H ^a   Welten, Rob J T J ^b   Mess, Werner H ^a   Daemen, Mat J A P ^a   Van Engelshoven, Jos M A ^a   Kooi, M Eline ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 19944432525     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2342032101     Document Type: Article

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