The atherosclerotic plaque: A healthy challenge to the limits of nuclear imaging

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-257

  Bengel, Frank M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMA CLEARANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 20344393597     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2005.03.006     Document Type: Editorial

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