Application of clinical scanners in rats: Experimental carotid imaging using magnetic resonance imaging, spiral computed tomography, and color duplex ultrasound

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-325

  Fehm, Nando Percy ^a   Vatankhah, Bijan ^a   Dittmar, Michael S ^a   Retzl, Gerald ^a   Schuierer, Gerhard ^a   Horn, Markus ^a   Schlachetzki, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animals; Carotid arteries; Computed tomography (CT); Experimental studies; Magnetic resonance (MR); Ultrasound (US)

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 25844516491     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228405280172     Document Type: Article

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