In vitro characterization of atherosclerotic carotid plaque with multidetector computed tomography and histopathological correlation

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1906-1914

  de Weert, Thomas T ^a   Ouhlous, Mohamed ^a   Zondervan, Pieter E ^a   Hendriks, Johanna M ^a   Dippel, Diederik W J ^a   van Sambeek, Marc R H M ^a   van der Lugt, Aad ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Multidetector computed tomography; Stroke

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; STANDARDIZATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 24044555558     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2712-2     Document Type: Article

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