Quantification of calcification in atherosclerotic lesions

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1567-1576

  Higgins, Catherine L ^a   Marvel, Seth A ^a   Morrisett, Joel D ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcification; MRI, micro computed tomography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ACCURACY; ANEURYSM; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BONE REMODELING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MINERALIZATION; MOBILIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; STENOSIS; STROKE; TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 23244460746     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000172017.79441.73     Document Type: Short Survey

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