Mineral volume and morphology in carotid plaque specimens using high-resolution MRI and CT

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1729-1735

  Wolf, Ronald L ^a,c   Wehrli, Suzanne L ^b   Popescu, Andra M ^a   Woo, John H ^a   Song, Hee Kwon ^a   Wright, Alexander C ^a   Mohler III, Emile R ^a   Harding, John D ^a   Zager, Eric L ^a   Fairman, Ronald M ^a   Golden, Michael A ^a   Velazquez, Omaida C ^a   Carpenter, Jeffrey P ^a   Wehrli, Felix W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Carotid arteries; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BONE DENSITY; CALCULATION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MINERAL BALANCE; MINERALIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23244438750     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000173311.39867.65     Document Type: Article

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